Delayed Health Care Access for US Immigrants Linked to Avoidance of Public Programs

JAMA Network

Low-income California immigrants who avoided public programs owing to fear of harming their immigration status were twice as likely to delay needed medical care or prescription fills.

Authors: Joelle Wolstein, Ph.D., M.P.P., of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research in Los Angeles, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.46525)

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