Extending migrant charging into emergency services: New proposals make the NHS the most restrictive healthcare system in Europe for undocumented migrants

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 352, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Hargreaves, Sally ^a   Nellums, Laura ^a   Friedland, Jon S ^a   Goldberg, Jacob ^a   Murwill, Philip ^b   Jones, Lucy ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b World Vision   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSULTATION; COST CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIGRANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; ECONOMICS; FEE; GREAT BRITAIN; MIGRATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEES AND CHARGES; GREAT BRITAIN; STATE MEDICINE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84974705293     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i685     Document Type: Editorial

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