UMass Chan Medical School Faculty Publications
Title
Barriers to health care among Asian immigrants in the United States: a traditional review
UMMS Affiliation
School of Medicine
Publication Date
2013-2
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Community Health and Preventive Medicine | Health Services Administration | Health Services Research | Insurance | Public Health | Race and Ethnicity
Abstract
Asian immigrants in the U.S. are far less likely to have health insurance or use health care services than both U.S.-born Asians and non-Hispanic Whites. Furthermore, Asian immigrants who access the U.S. health care system are less likely than non-Hispanic Whites to receive high-quality services. This paper reviews four barriers faced by Asian immigrants to participating in the U.S. health care system fully: (1) linguistic discordance between providers and patients; (2) health-related beliefs and cultural incompetency of health systems; (3) issues related to accessing health services; and (4) discrimination in the health care system. Interventions to improve the health of Asian immigrants must address barriers experienced at multiple levels, including those that occur interpersonally and institutionally, as well as broader societal factors that affect health care access and quality.
Keywords
Asian American, immigrant, health care access, health beliefs, discrimination, linguistic barriers
DOI of Published Version
10.1353/hpu.2013.0019
Source
Juliana Clough, Sunmin Lee, and David H. Chae. "Barriers to Health Care among Asian Immigrants in the United States: A Traditional Review." Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 24.1 (2013): 384-403. Project MUSE. DOI 10.1353/hpu.2013.0019. Link to article on publisher's site
Related Resources
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of health care for the poor and underserved
PubMed ID
23377740
Repository Citation
Clough J, Lee S, Chae DH. (2013). Barriers to health care among Asian immigrants in the United States: a traditional review. UMass Chan Medical School Faculty Publications. https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2013.0019. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/faculty_pubs/195
Comments
First author Juliana Clough is a medical student at UMass Medical School.