Health status of and health-care provision to asylum seekers in Germany: Protocol for a systematic review and evidence mapping of empirical studies

Systematic Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Schneider, Christine ^a   Mohsenpour, Amir ^a   Joos, Stefanie ^a   Bozorgmehr, Kayvan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Access; Asylum seekers; Evidence mapping; Germany; Health services; Health status; Health care provision; Refugees; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASYLUM SEEKER; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); WELLBEING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; METHODOLOGY; MIGRANT; TRENDS;

EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84927917456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20464053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2046-4053-3-139     Document Type: Article

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