A narrative synthesis of the impact of primary health care delivery models for refugees in resettlement countries on access, quality and coordination

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Joshi, Chandni ^a   Russell, Grant ^b   Cheng, I Hao ^b   Kay, Margaret ^c   Pottie, Kevin ^d   Alston, Margaret ^b   Smith, Mitchell ^e   Chan, Bibiana ^a   Vasi, Shiva ^b   Lo, Winston ^a   Wahidi, Sayed Shukrullah ^b   Harris, Mark F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e New South Wales Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access; Coordination; Health care models; Health services evaluation; Immigrant; Migrant; Primary health care; Quality of care; Refugee

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODEL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFUGEE; RESETTLEMENT POLICY; STAKEHOLDER; WORKER POLICING; WORKPLACE;

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE MANAGEMENT; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COUNSELING; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EMBASE; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDLINE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MIGRATION; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REFUGEE; SOCIAL SECURITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AUSTRALIA;

SCOPUS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFUGEES;

EID: 84887331631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-12-88     Document Type: Article

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