Cross-Sectional Study on the Management and Control of Hypertension Among Migrants in Primary Care: What Is the Impact of Segmented Health Insurance Schemes?

Journal of the American Heart Association
Haitao LiChen Mao

Abstract

Background Information is scarce regarding the impact of fragmented health insurance schemes on the management and control of hypertension among migrants in primary care. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between insurance status and management and control of hypertension among migrants in primary care and to examine whether social capital could facilitate migrants' participation in local health insurance schemes. Methods and Results A site-based, cross-sectional, face-to-face patient survey was administered in Shenzhen, China. Hypertensive primary care users who were migrants were selected using a systematic sampling design. The participants covered by local health insurance schemes were more likely than those without coverage to be managed by primary care facilities (82.6% versus 62.0%; odds ratio=2.63, 95% CI 1.41-4.89) and to take antihypertensive medications (87.9% versus 76.4%; odds ratio=2.38, 95% CI 1.34-4.24), and they had higher scores in first contact use (3.49 versus 3.23; β=0.17, 95% CI 0.05-0.29) and continuity of care (3.17 versus 3.02; β=0.11, 95% CI 0.01-0.21). The participants covered by local insurance schemes had higher scores in perceived generalized trust than their counterparts (4.23 versus...Continue Reading

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