Transnational healthcare practices of Romanian migrants in Ireland: Inequalities of access and the privatisation of healthcare services in Europe

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue , 2015, Pages 346-355

  Stan, Sabina ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

East West migration; European Union; Healthcare privatisation; Ireland; Romania; Social inequalities; Transnational healthcare; Uneven development

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CITIZENSHIP; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH WORKER; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; PRIVATIZATION; SERVICE PROVISION; UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; CITIZENSHIP; CONVERSATION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IRELAND; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; ROMANIA; ROMANIAN (CITIZEN); SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

IRELAND; ROMANIA;

HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; IRELAND; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIVATIZATION; ROMANIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84920281536     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.04.013     Document Type: Article

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