Medical imaging utilization in migrants compared with nonmigrants in a universal healthcare system: A population-based matched cohort study
Migrants utilized less CT, MRI, and radiography but more ultrasonography. Older adult migrants used the least amount of imaging compared with nonmigrants. Future research should evaluate whether lower utilization is due to barriers in healthcare access or health-seeking behaviors within a universal healthcare system.
Authors
- Priscila Pequeno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1366-5063)
- Giancarlo Di Giuseppe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5112-7560)
- Rebecca Smith‐Bindman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1972-639X)
- Rinku Sutradhar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0320-6042)
- Diana L. Miglioretti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5547-1833)
- Marilyn L. Kwan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8863-3950)
- Jason D. Pole (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0413-5434)
Institutions
- Kaiser Permanente (US)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (US)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (CA)
- University of California, Davis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS Medicine
- Published
- 2024-10-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004474
- Primary Topic
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Cancer Institute