Denial of care to illegal immigrants – Proposition 187 in california

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 332, Issue 16, 1995, Pages 1095-1098

  Ziv, Tal Ann ^a   lo, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; IMMIGRANT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

CALIFORNIA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUSAL TO TREAT; STATE HEALTH PLANS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028947143     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199504203321612     Document Type: Editorial

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