Language of interview: relevance for research of southwest Hispanics.

摘要: BACKGROUND. This paper reports the results of a survey investigating health status, access, satisfaction with care, and barriers to care in Arizona. The major focus is on association between language interview dependent measures; interviews were conducted English Spanish. METHODS. differences groups tested using chi-square statistics for each independent categorical variable; significance all variables was simultaneously maximum likelihood logistical regression models. RESULTS. Language Hispanic children significant variable, more important than ethnicity itself, determining care; adults not measure, but neither ethnicity. Instead, income affected access adults. CONCLUSIONS. pattern suggests that southwestern United Sta...