Medical expenditures associated with nonfatal occupational injuries among immigrant and U.S.-born workers

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 678
• Main Authors: Xiang, Huiyun, Shi, Junxin, Lu, Bo, Wheeler, Krista, Zhao, Weiyan, Wilkins, 3rd, J R, Smith, Gary A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 20.08.2012; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Alien labor; Analysis; Care and treatment; Confidence Intervals; Economic aspects; Emigrants and Immigrants - statistics & numerical data; Expenditures, Public; Female; Health Benefit Plans, Employee - economics; Health Care Costs - classification; Health Care Costs - trends; Health Care Surveys; Health Expenditures - classification; Health Expenditures - trends; Humans; Immigrants; Incidence; Injuries; Logistic Models; Male; Medical care; Medical economics; Middle Aged; Occupational accidents; Occupational Injuries - economics; Occupational Injuries - epidemiology; Occupational safety; Studies; Surveys; United States; United States - epidemiology; Work-related injuries; Workers; Workers compensation; Young Adult; United States; United States > US; USA

No national study has investigated whether immigrant workers are less likely than U.S.-workers to seek medical treatment after occupational injuries and whether the payment source differs between two groups. Using the 2004-2009 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data, we estimated the annual in...