Contacts between general practitioners and migrants without a residence permit and the use of “urgent” medical care

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 649-655

  Goossens, M C M ^a   Depoorter, Anne Marie ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Barriers; delivery of primary healthcare; illegal migration; irregular or undocumented migrants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIGRATION; PATIENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BELGIUM; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 80053325421     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494811414249     Document Type: Article

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