SARS-CoV-2 testing and COVID-19-related primary care use among people with citizenship, permanent residency, and temporary immigration status: an analysis of population-based administrative data in British Columbia.
Mei-Ling WiedmeyerShira GoldenbergSandra PetersonSusitha WanigaratneStefanie MachadoElmira TayyarMelissa BraschelRuth CarrilloCecilia Sierra-HerediaGermaine TuyisengeM Ruth LavergnePublished in: Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique (2023)
Interwoven immigration, health, and occupational policies place people with temporary status in circumstances of precarity and higher health risk. Reducing precarity accompanying temporary status, including regularization pathways, and decoupling access to health care from immigration status can address health inequities.