Public health services knowledge and utilization among immigrants in Greece: A cross-sectional study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Galanis, Petros ^a   Sourtzi, Panayiota ^a   Bellali, Thalia ^b   Theodorou, Mamas ^c   Karamitri, Ioanna ^d,f   Siskou, Olga ^a   Charalambous, Giorgos ^e   Kaitelidou, Daphne ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^d Kalamata General Hospital   (Greece)

^e HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^f HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Access; Greece; Immigrants; Knowledge; Public health services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRANT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84883724713     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-350     Document Type: Article

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