Time trends in health care needs of non-EU citizens from developing countries, admitted to a general hospital in northern Italy

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 242-249

  Sabbatani, Sergio ^a   Baldi, Elena ^b   Manfredi, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Health care needs; Immigration; Non EU citizens; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; AGED; ASIA; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFECTION; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 38849129455     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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