From Deseret News archives:
Mexicans new to the U.S. rarely visit emergency rooms
Study rebuts belief that ERs overburdened
Among Mexican immigrants living in the United States more than 10 years, 13.7 percent visited an emergency room in the previous year, according to an analysis of data collected in 2000 for the U.S. National Health Interview Survey.
The findings run counter to a widespread belief that illegal immigrants are a major burden on emergency rooms, said Mario Gutierrez, program director of rural and agricultural health at The California Endowment, a private health foundation that co-sponsored the study.
The study draws on data from the U.S. Census, U.S. National Health Survey and Mexican government to compare health care access in the United States between new arrivals from Mexico, long-staying Mexican immigrants and native born.
"The data was not released yesterday but it was never looked at in this way," he said.
Many new arrivals are in the United States illegally. More than three-quarters of an estimated 440,000 annual arrivals from 2001 to 2004 crossed illegally, according to the Mexican government. Among migrants who arrived within the past 10 years, only 5.5 percent are U.S. citizens, according to 2004 U.S. Census data.
The report found migrants arrive in relatively good health. Only 6.8 percent considered themselves in fair or poor health, much lower than other groups. Only 2.6 percent were diagnosed with diabetes, also much lower than other groups.
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