Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume 18, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1462-1469

Disparities in Health Services Use Among Multiracial American Young Adults (Article)

Tabb K.M.* , Larrison C.R. , Choi S. , Huang H.
  • a School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1010 W. Nevada, MC-082, Urbana, IL 61801, United States
  • b School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1010 W. Nevada, MC-082, Urbana, IL 61801, United States
  • c School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1010 W. Nevada, MC-082, Urbana, IL 61801, United States
  • d Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, United States, Laboratory of Psychopathology and Psychiatric Therapeutics (LIM-23), Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Abstract

Addressing disparities in health services utilization remains critical for improving minority health; however, most studies do not report on the health service use of multiracial young adults (age 22–34). This study compares past year health service use of self-identified multiracial (two or more races) young adults with monoracial White young adults. Weighted survey data from Add Health (N = 7296) and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used. Compared to monoracial White young adults, Black-White multiracial [OR 0.40, 95 % CI (0.17–0.90)] and Black-Native American multiracial [OR 0.23, 95 % CI (0.09–0.63)] young adults are less likely to report primary care service use in the past year. Multiracial young adults have different health care service utilization than their White monoracial peers with Black-Native American young adults appearing to be particularly vulnerable to under-utilization of primary care services. It is important to examine multiracial subgroups when studying patterns of health services utilization. © 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.

Author Keywords

health disparities Health care utilization Health services Ethnicity health care Mixed race

Index Keywords

longitudinal study Continental Population Groups ancestry group Social Identification human Longitudinal Studies statistics and numerical data health service ethnology Humans male female Socioeconomic Factors socioeconomics health services adult utilization patient attitude Patient Acceptance of Health Care Healthcare Disparities health care disparity social behavior
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84944710313&doi=10.1007%2fs10903-015-0289-7&partnerID=40&md5=59e9fb6e8b4dd6165370688443ed0e04
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-015-0289-7
ISSN: 15571912
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English