Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2018
Keywords
access to healthcare, Asian Americans, latent profiling, unmet healthcare needs
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12463
Abstract
Using data from the 2015 Asian American Quality of Life Survey (N = 2,609), latent profile analysis was conducted on general (health insurance, usual place for care and income) and immigrant‐specific (nativity, length of stay in the U.S., English proficiency and acculturation) risk factors of healthcare access. Latent profile analysis identified a three‐cluster model (low‐risk, moderate‐risk and high‐risk groups). Compared with the low‐risk group, the odds of having an unmet healthcare need was 1.52 times greater in the moderate‐risk group and 2.24 times greater in the high‐risk group. Challenging the myth of model minority, the present sample of Asian Americans demonstrates its vulnerability in access to healthcare. Findings also show the heterogeneity in healthcare access risk profiles.
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Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Health & Social Care in the Community, v. 26, issue 1, p. 72-79
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Jang, Y, Park, NS, Yoon, H, et al. The risk typology of healthcare access and its association with unmet healthcare needs in Asian Americans. Health Soc Care Community. 2018; 26: 72– 79; which has been published in final form at 10.1111/hsc.12463. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.
Scholar Commons Citation
Jang, Yuri; Sook Park, Nan; Yoon, Hyunwoo; Huang, Ya-Ching; Rhee, Min-Kyoung; Chiriboga, David A.; and Kim, Miyong T., "The Risk Typology of Healthcare Access and its Association with Unmet Healthcare Needs in Asian Americans" (2018). Social Work Faculty Publications. 166.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/sok_facpub/166
