Is there equity in access to health services for ethnic minorities in Sweden?

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 147-152

  Hjern, Anders ^a,b,d   Haglund, Bengt ^a   Persson, Gudrun ^a   Roen, Mans ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Equity; Ethnicity; Migration; Organised violence; Use of health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; ETHNOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MIGRATION; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POLAND; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; TURKEY;

EID: 0034962894     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/11.2.147     Document Type: Article

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