Accessibility and use of primary healthcare for immigrants living in the Niagara Region

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue , 2016, Pages 73-79

  Lum, Irene D ^a   Swartz, Rebecca H ^a   Kwan, Matthew Y W ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access to healthcare; Canada; Immigrant health; Primary care; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL POLICY;

CITY; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; LANGUAGE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ADULT; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

CANADA; NIAGARA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ADULT; CANADA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84962517187     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.03.024     Document Type: Article

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