Health status and access to health care of British nationals living on the Costa Blanca, Spain

Ageing and Society

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-102

  La Parra, Daniel ^a   Mateo, Miguel Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

British citizens; Expatriates; Health care; Health status; Migration; Spain

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MIGRATION; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ACCESS;

ALICANTE [COMUNIDAD VALENCIA]; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; COSTA BLANCA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 37049011855     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X07006563     Document Type: Article

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