Are barriers in accessing health services in the Roma population associated with worse health status among Roma?

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 427-434

  Jarcuska, Pavol ^a   Bobakova, Daniela ^a   Uhrin, Jan ^b   Bobak, Ladislav ^b   Babinska, Ingrid ^a   Kolarcik, Peter ^a   Veselska, Zuzana ^a   Madarasova Geckova, Andrea ^a,c  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b L PASTEUR UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Slovakia)

^c PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Access to health services; Ethnicity; Health inequalities; Roma; Self rated health; Slovakia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY HEALTH; ROMANI (PEOPLE); SELF REPORT; SLOVAKIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GYPSIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY HEALTH; SELF REPORT; SLOVAKIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878709779     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-013-0451-8     Document Type: Article

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