Practitioner and client explanations for disparities in health care use between migrant and non-migrant groups in Sweden: A qualitative study

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 188-197

  Akhavan, Sharareh ^a,b   Karlsen, Saffron ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^b MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Ethnic disparities; Foreign born; Health care; Inequality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PHYSICIAN; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PREJUDICE; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872598367     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-012-9581-y     Document Type: Article

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