Access to health care for undocumented migrants: A comparative policy analysis of England and the Netherlands

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-67

  Grit, Kor ^a   den Otter, Joost J ^b   Spreij, Anneke ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims   (Denmark)

^c Dutch Transplantation Foundation   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MIGRATION; NETHERLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84860243423     PISSN: 03616878     EISSN: 15271927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/03616878-1496011     Document Type: Article

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