Patterns of utilization of healthcare services among immigrants to Israel from the former Soviet Union

Harefuah

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 282-286

  Baron Epel, Orna ^a,b   Garty Sandalon, Noga ^a   Green, Manfred S ^a,c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Healthcare services; Immigrants; Jews; Socioeconomic status; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; MEDICINE; MIGRATION; STATISTICS; USSR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; USSR;

EID: 50949133691     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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