Access to health-care in Canadian immigrants: A longitudinal study of the National Population Health Survey

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-79

  Setia, Maninder Singh ^a   Quesnel Vallee, Amelie ^a   Abrahamowicz, Michal ^a   Tousignant, Pierre ^a   Lynch, John ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Epidemiological approaches; Visible minorities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS;

EID: 78650092367     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2010.00950.x     Document Type: Article

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