O acesso aos serviços de saúde por emigrantes brasileiros nos Estados Unidos

Resumo

Analysis of the current political and economical context in the U.S.A., which involves access to and utilization of health services by immigrants, concerns more than 20 million foreign individuals who live in the country and do not have health insurance. This population corresponds to 43.8% of the 46 million people that do not have private health coverage in the U.S.A.; of these, 10.5 million do not have the legal documentation required to live in the country. In order to explore the needs, access and utilization of American health services by emigrants from Governador Valadares (located in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil), fourteen emigrants from this city were selected by means of the snowball technique and were interviewed for this study. Questions concerning interviewees’ documentation, place of residence, jobs, needs, access to and use of health services were created. Information collected from emigrants residing in the states of Massachusetts and Connecticut allows us to assert the viability of access and utilization of health services subsidized by the federal and state governments and nongovernmental organizations.

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2013

Instituição

Sistemas de saúde

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Acesso aberto

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/15018

Temas

Finanças PúblicasSaúde

Palavras-chave

Tax equity and fiscal responsibility actMedicaidMedicareFiscal responsibility actHealth systemsSaúdeServiços de saúdeImigrantes