A metasynthesis of qualitative studies regarding opinions and perceptions about barriers and determinants of health services’ accessibility in economic migrants

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Agudelo Suárez, Andrés A ^a,b   Gil González, Diana ^b,c   Vives Cases, Carmen ^b,c   Love, John G ^d   Wimpenny, Peter ^d   Ronda Pérez, Elena ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emigrants and immigrants; Health care; Health services accessibility; Qualitative research Metasynthesis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HUMAN; LAW; MIGRANT; PERCEPTION; POLICY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; META ANALYSIS; MIGRATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; UTILIZATION;

CULTURE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84870982088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-461     Document Type: Article

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