Determinants of health care utilization by immigrants in Portugal

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Dias, Sónia F ^a   Severo, Milton ^b   Barros, Henrique ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PORTUGAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; ADULT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PORTUGAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 53949091793     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-207     Document Type: Article

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