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AbstractBackgroundCurrently, there are more than six million Venezuelan immigrants worldwide. This study aimed to estimate the association between disability and failure to seek medical care among Venezuelan immigrants in Peru.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted using secondary data of the Encuesta Dirigida a la Población Venezolana que Reside en el País (ENPOVE) 2018. We developed four Poisson regression models and calculated prevalence ratios (PR) with their 95% confidence intervals (95% CI).ResultsAfter adjusting for multiple confounding variables, we found that immigrants who reported having only one type of disability were 78% more likely not to seek medical care compared with immigrants without disability (PR = 1.78; 95% CI 1.15–2.76).ConclusionsVenezuelan immigrants with disabilities in Peru seek less medical care than those without disabilities.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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