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RESEARCH AND PRACTICE: Sarita A. Mohanty, Steffie Woolhandler, David U. Himmelstein, Susmita Pati, Olveen Carrasquillo, and David H. Bor Health Care Expenditures of Immigrants in the United States: A Nationally Representative Analysis Am J Public Health 2005; 95: 1431-1438 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]

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U.S. born children to immigrant mothers

Barbara E. Vickroy   (8 August 2005)

U.S. born children to immigrant mothers 8 August 2005
Barbara E. Vickroy, Retired Send letter to journal: Re: U.S. born children to immigrant mothers bvick{at}cox.net Barbara E. Vickroy	It wasn't clear to me if you did a statistical sample of the U.S. born [citizen] children of immigrant mothers. Since one in four births in the US are to immigrant mothers, and since such a large percent of these immigrants are both poor and undereducated, it is hard to comport your finding that US born patients - especially children - use more health care services than do immigrants and immigrant children.