Health care provision for illegal migrants: May health policy make a difference?

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 483-485

  Torres Cantero, A M ^a,d   Miguel, A G ^b   Gallardo, C ^b   Ippolito, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c Institution Building for Asylum in North Africa   (Switzerland)

^d Medical School   (Spain)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Equatorian migrants; Health services utilization; Illegal migrants; Spain

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SPAIN; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 35649015289     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckl266     Document Type: Article

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