Global healthcare use by immigrants in Spain according to morbidity burden, area of origin, and length of stay

BMC Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Gimeno Feliu, Luis A ^a,b,c   Calderón Larrañaga, Amaia ^a,d   Diaz, Esperanza ^e,f   Poblador Plou, Beatriz ^a,d   Macipe Costa, Rosa ^b   Prados Torres, Alexandra ^a,c,d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^b Aragon Health Service   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ASIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ASIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84971441906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3127-5     Document Type: Article

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