Barriers to health care access among refugee asylum seekers

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 506-522

  Asgary, Ramin ^a   Segar, Nora ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asylum seekers; Barriers to care; Focus groups; Human rights; Qualitative qualitative data; Refugees

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFUGEE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW YORK CITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFUGEES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 80051632668     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2011.0047     Document Type: Article

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