Use of health care services by Afghan, Iranian, and Somali refugees and asylum seekers living in the Netherlands

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 394-399

  Gerritsen, Annette A M ^a,b   Bramsen, Inge ^a,b   Devillé, Walter ^c   Van Willigen, Loes H M ^d   Hovens, Johannes E ^e   Van Der Ploeg, Henk M ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d Johannes Wier Foundation for Health and Human Rights   (Netherlands)

^e Delta Psychiatrisch Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Determinants; Health services; prevalence study; Refugee

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; SELF REPORT; SOMALIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; REFUGEES; SOMALIA; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 33748150897     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckl046     Document Type: Article

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