Health Care Expenditures of Immigrants in the United States: A Nationally Representative Analysis
Author: Mohanty, Sarita A.
Date Published: 2005
Journal article that discusses a survey that compared the health care expenditures of immigrants residing in the United States with the health care expenditures of U.S.-born persons. The study found that immigrants accounted for $39.5 billion in health care expenditures and that their per capita total health care expenditures were 55% lower than U.S.-born persons. It also found that immigrant children had 74% lower per capita health care expenditures than U.S.-born children. Ths study concluded that health care expenditures were substantially lower for immigrants than U.S.-born persons. It refutes the assumption that immigrants represent a disproportionate financial burden on the U.S. health care system.
Date Published: 2005
Journal article that discusses a survey that compared the health care expenditures of immigrants residing in the United States with the health care expenditures of U.S.-born persons. The study found that immigrants accounted for $39.5 billion in health care expenditures and that their per capita total health care expenditures were 55% lower than U.S.-born persons. It also found that immigrant children had 74% lower per capita health care expenditures than U.S.-born children. Ths study concluded that health care expenditures were substantially lower for immigrants than U.S.-born persons. It refutes the assumption that immigrants represent a disproportionate financial burden on the U.S. health care system.
