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Arturo Vargas Bustamante
Researcher at University of California, Los Angeles
Publications - 59
Citations - 1540
Arturo Vargas Bustamante is an academic researcher from University of California, Los Angeles. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 46 publications receiving 1266 citations. Previous affiliations of Arturo Vargas Bustamante include University of California, Berkeley.
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Variations in healthcare access and utilization among Mexican immigrants: the role of documentation status.
Arturo Vargas Bustamante,Hai Fang,Jeremiah R. Garza,Olivia Carter-Pokras,Steven P. Wallace,John A. Rizzo,Alexander N. Ortega +6 more
TL;DR: This study shows that undocumented immigrants from Mexico are much less likely to have a physician visit in the previous year and a usual source of care compared to documented immigrants fromMexico.
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Policy dilemmas in Latino health care and implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
TL;DR: This work identifies four current policy dilemmas relevant to Latinos' health and ACA implementation: (a) the need to extend coverage to the undocumented; (b) the growth of Latino populations in states with limited insurance expansion; (c) the use of high-quality health care in states not expanding Medicaid eligibility.
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Perceived Quality of Care, Receipt of Preventive Care, and Usual Source of Health Care Among Undocumented and Other Latinos
TL;DR: This study shows that differences in nativity/immigration status should be taken into consideration when discussing perceived quality of care among Latinos, and indicates that having a usual source of care increased the likelihood of a blood pressure check in the past 2 years and a cholesterol check inThe past 5 years.
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Use of preventive care services among Latino subgroups.
TL;DR: Preventive care initiatives should prioritize the availability of cost-effective services among Latinos of Mexican and Central/South American heritage and more integration of Latinos into primary care practices can substantially reduce disparities in the receipt of preventive care services.
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Understanding Observed and Unobserved Health Care Access and Utilization Disparities Among U.S. Latino Adults
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated differences in health care access and utilization across Latino adults (>18 years), with U.S. Latino adults of Mexican ancestry demonstrating the worst patterns of accessing and utilization.