Health Care Access Outcomes for Immigrant Children and State Insurance Policy.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

State policies provide variable health insurance coverage for the 3 million immigrant children in the US, with limited understanding of associations with health care access.

Objectives

To (1) examine disparities in health insurance and health care access between immigrant and US-born children and (2) analyze associations of state insurance policies with health care access outcomes for immigrant children.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based, retrospective cross-sectional study sampled from the National Survey of Children's Health (2016 to 2022) to facilitate national estimates. Caregivers of children aged 0 to 17 years completed the survey. Data were analyzed from May to December 2024.

Exposures

Child immigration status and state-l

SUBMITTER: Douglas KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12670199 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature