Health services utilization by the immigrant population in Spain;La utilización de los servicios sanitarios por la población inmigrante en España

Gaceta Sanitaria

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 4-11

  Regidor, Enrique ^a   Sanz, Belén ^b   Pascual, Cruz ^a   Lostao, Lourdes ^c   Sánchez, Elisabeth ^d   Díaz Olalla, José Manuel ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^d EPICENTRE   (France)

^e Madrid Salud   (Spain)

Author keywords

Immigrants; Use of health services

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; SPAIN; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; SPAIN; VAGINAL SMEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72149103773     PISSN: 02139111     EISSN: 15781283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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