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9116074

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-4-22
pubmed:abstractText
Legislative restrictions in immigrants' access to health care and local governmental funding shortfalls in the US and Western Europe have raised fears that public clinic patients might delay care for communicable diseases. To help quantify the potential impact of both policies on public clinics providing sexually transmitted disease (STD) services, we surveyed 234 patients from five LA clinics regarding their alternative sources of health care. Of the 215 providing complete information (response rate = 91%), 52 (24%) reported they had no legal rights to reside in the US. Compared to the legal resident control group, illegal immigrants were more likely to indicate that they had no alternative access to medical care (27% vs 44%; P = 0.03). We conclude that for a substantial proportion of patients, particularly illegal immigrants, the STD clinics are indeed essential. Restricting access to these clinics may have unpredictable public health consequences.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0956-4624
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
532-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Potential impact of restricting STD/HIV care for immigrants in Los Angeles County.
pubmed:affiliation
VA Wadsworth Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article