Help seeking and barriers to utilisation of medical and health social work services among ageing immigrants to Israel from the former Soviet Union

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 74-84

  Soskolne, Varda ^a,b   Auslander, Gail K ^b   Ben Shahar, Ilana ^c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Andersen's behavioural model; Health social work; Israel; Service utilisation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMICS; USSR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; USSR;

EID: 33644873597     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2005.00601.x     Document Type: Article

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