Health care utilisation and problems in accessing health care of female undocumented immigrants in the Netherlands

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 421-428

  Schoevers, Marianne A ^a   Loeffen, Maartje J ^a   Van Den Muijsenbergh, Maria E ^a   Lagro Janssen, Antoine L M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Health services utilisation; Illegal immigrants; Undocumented immigrants; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NETHERLANDS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958033636     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-010-0151-6     Document Type: Article

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