Access to and utilisation of GP services among Burmese migrants in London: A cross-sectional descriptive study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Aung, Nyein Chan ^a,b   Rechel, Bernd ^c   Odermatt, Peter ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIGRATION; MYANMAR; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONDON; MALE; MYANMAR; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77957741171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-285     Document Type: Article

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