Open AccessDomestic and International College Students: Health Insurance Information Seeking and Use
Author(s) -
Michael Mackert,
Hyeseung Koh,
Amanda Mabry-Flynn,
Sara Champlin,
Amy Beal
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of international students
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.47
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2166-3750
pISSN - 2162-3104
DOI - 10.32674/jis.v7i3.287
Subject(s) - seekers , health insurance , psychology , medical education , medicine , health care , political science , economic growth , economics , law
This study aimed to explore perceived barriers to using health insurance and identify discriminant factors between health insurance information seekers and non-seekers. A total of 615 domestic and international college students from a large university in the Southwest completed a cross-sectional survey. Findings imply that campus health providers and staff in international student services should be working closely to communicate to students about health insurance because they are both trying to solve the same basic problems.