Civic Stratification and the Exclusion of Undocumented Immigrants from Cross-border Health Care

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 438-459

  Torres, Jacqueline M ^a,b   Waldinger, Roger ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

access to care; civic stratification; immigrant health; political determinants of health; social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICAL TOURISM; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICAL TOURISM; MIDDLE AGED; UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84949508757     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: 21506000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022146515610617     Document Type: Article

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