Comparison of self-reported health & healthcare utilisation between asylum seekers and refugees: An observational study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Toar, Magzoub ^a   O'Brien, Kirsty K ^a   Fahey, Tom ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASYLUM SEEKER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IRELAND; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 68249149472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-214     Document Type: Article

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