Comparing policies to tackle ethnic inequalities in health: Belgium 1 Scotland 4

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 235-240

  Lorant, Vincent ^a   Bhopal, Raj ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ethnic groups; health inequality; migration; public policy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BELGIUM; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SCOTLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953169857     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckq061     Document Type: Article

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