Intention to Use Primary Healthcare Services among South–South Migrants
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Design
Participants
2.2. Instruments
2.3. Future Utilization Perception
2.4. Ethical Considerations
2.5. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Participants
3.2. Predictor Variables
3.3. Perception of Future Utilization
3.4. Relationships between Predictor Variables and Future Utilization
3.5. Path Analysis
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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% (n) | Lower Limit | Upper Limit | Mean | Std. Deviation | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Region of residence | |||||
Antofagasta | 15.6% (78) | ||||
Metropolitana | 47.1% (235) | ||||
Del Bíobio | 37.3% (186) | ||||
Gender | |||||
Female | 59.7% (298) | ||||
Male | 39.7% (198) | ||||
Country of origin | |||||
Colombia | 26.7% (133) | ||||
Venezuela | 38.1% (190) | ||||
Peru | 16.4% (82) | ||||
Bolivia | 10.2% (51) | ||||
Haiti | 5.2% (26) | ||||
Argentina | 1.2% (6) | ||||
Ecuador | 0.6% (3) | ||||
Cuba | 0.6% (3) | ||||
Mexico | 0.2% (1) | ||||
Romania | 0.4% (2) | ||||
Health insurance | |||||
Private health insurance (Isapre) | 2% (10) | ||||
Public health insurance (FONASA) | 90.4% (451) | ||||
Private | 6% (30) | ||||
Employment activity | |||||
Self-employed or freelance worker | 16.8% (84) | ||||
Employed or contracted by others | 63.1% (315) | ||||
Retired or pensioner | 2.8% (14) | ||||
Unemployed or looking for work | 6.6% (33) | ||||
Homemaker | 7.4% (37) | ||||
Student | 2% (10) | ||||
Education level | |||||
No education, incomplete primary education | 2% (10) | ||||
Primary education | 10% (50) | ||||
Secondary education | 48.3% (241) | ||||
Incomplete technical education | 13.6% (68) | ||||
Complete technical education | 16.8% (84) | ||||
Incomplete university education (diplomas) | 1.8% (9) | ||||
Complete university education | 7.4% (37) | ||||
Marital status | |||||
Married | 34.1% (170) | ||||
Civil Union | 5% (25) | ||||
Single | 55.3% (276) | ||||
Widowed | 2% (10) | ||||
Separated/divorced | 3% (15) | ||||
Migration status | |||||
Documented | 76.2% (380) | ||||
Undocumented | 21.2% (106) | ||||
Income level | |||||
Less than 100,000 pesos | 12.6% (63) | ||||
Between 100,000 and 300,000 pesos | 27.9% (139) | ||||
Between 300,000 and 600,000 pesos | 51.3% (256) | ||||
Between 600,000 and 1,000,000 pesos | 6.8% (34) | ||||
1,000,000 pesos or more | 0.6% (3) | ||||
Scale of experience in the exercise of the right to healthcare (EERHC) | |||||
Availability | 1 | 4 | 3.11 | 0.62 | |
Accessibility | 1 | 4 | 3.29 | 0.67 | |
Acceptability | 1 | 4 | 3.21 | 0.62 | |
Quality | 1 | 4 | 3.23 | 0.61 | |
Perceived discrimination | |||||
Race | 1 | 3.5 | 1.32 | 0.53 | |
Ethnicity | 1 | 3.8 | 1.25 | 0.47 | |
Age | 18 | 77 | 37.65 | 12.252 | |
Length of residence | 0 | 51 | 6.35 | 6.236 |
Utilization Future | ||
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Age | Correlation coefficient | 0.009 |
Sig. (two-tailed) | 0.849 | |
Length of residence | Correlation coefficient | −0.100 * |
Sig. (two-tailed) | 0.031 | |
Availability | Correlation coefficient | 0.397 ** |
Sig. (two-tailed) | 0.000 | |
Accessibility | Correlation coefficient | 0.319 ** |
Sig. (two-tailed) | 0.000 | |
Acceptability | Correlation coefficient | 0.398 ** |
Sig. (two-tailed) | 0.000 | |
Quality | Correlation coefficient | 0.370 ** |
Sig. (two-tailed) | 0.000 | |
Ethnic discrimination | Correlation coefficient | −0.240 ** |
Sig. (two-tailed) | 0.000 | |
Racial discrimination | Correlation coefficient | −0.190 ** |
Sig. (two-tailed) | 0.000 |
χ2 | Df | p-Valor | RMSEA IC 90% | CFI | TLI | SRMR | R2 | |
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Mod1 | 241,492 | 21 | 0.000 | 0.085 | 0.918 | 0.654 | 0.046 | 0.15 |
Mod2 | 241,492 | 21 | 0.000 | 0.062 | 0.913 | 0.82 | 0.05 | 0.15 |
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Cruz-Riveros, C.; Urzúa, A.; Lagos, C.; Parada, E. Intention to Use Primary Healthcare Services among South–South Migrants. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21, 1258. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21091258
Cruz-Riveros C, Urzúa A, Lagos C, Parada E. Intention to Use Primary Healthcare Services among South–South Migrants. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2024; 21(9):1258. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21091258
Chicago/Turabian StyleCruz-Riveros, Consuelo, Alfonso Urzúa, Carolina Lagos, and Evelyn Parada. 2024. "Intention to Use Primary Healthcare Services among South–South Migrants" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 21, no. 9: 1258. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21091258