Perinatal Health Insurance And Health Care Use By Immigration Status In 6 US States, 2020-22.

ABSTRACT: Some noncitizens in the US are not eligible for public health insurance, potentially reducing access to preconception, prenatal, and postpartum care. We compared insurance coverage and health care use from the preconception period to the postpartum period by immigration status, using representative survey data collected from six US states between 2020 and 2022. Respondents were surveyed at two to six months postpartum and at twelve to fourteen months postpartum. Immigration status was classified in three categories: US citizen, permanent resident, and people who were neither citizens nor permanent residents. Compared with US citizens, fewer permanent residents had late postpartum insurance coverage, but coverage rates were otherwise similar. Coverage was lower among noncitizens/non-permane

SUBMITTER: Steenland MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12097140 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature