Access to preventive care by immigrant populations
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Many immigrant populations lack access to primary health care. A recently published study on cholesterol screening among immigrant populations in the US found disparities in cholesterol screening in those originating from Mexico, largely due to limited access to...
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description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Many immigrant populations lack access to primary health care. A recently published study on cholesterol screening among immigrant populations in the US found disparities in cholesterol screening in those originating from Mexico, largely due to limited access to healthcare. This inverse care affects immigrants in many destination countries despite their greater health need.</p> <p>Please see related article: <url>http://www.equityhealthj.com/content/11/1/22</url></p> |
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spelling | doaj.art-d41baa18ea354ace92d26606c2bb79612022-12-22T01:06:40ZengBMCBMC Medicine1741-70152012-05-011015510.1186/1741-7015-10-55Access to preventive care by immigrant populationsHarris Mark<p>Abstract</p> <p>Many immigrant populations lack access to primary health care. A recently published study on cholesterol screening among immigrant populations in the US found disparities in cholesterol screening in those originating from Mexico, largely due to limited access to healthcare. This inverse care affects immigrants in many destination countries despite their greater health need.</p> <p>Please see related article: <url>http://www.equityhealthj.com/content/11/1/22</url></p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/10/55Cardiovascular riskimmigrantspreventive careprimary care |
spellingShingle | Harris Mark Access to preventive care by immigrant populations BMC Medicine Cardiovascular risk immigrants preventive care primary care |
title | Access to preventive care by immigrant populations |
title_full | Access to preventive care by immigrant populations |
title_fullStr | Access to preventive care by immigrant populations |
title_full_unstemmed | Access to preventive care by immigrant populations |
title_short | Access to preventive care by immigrant populations |
title_sort | access to preventive care by immigrant populations |
topic | Cardiovascular risk immigrants preventive care primary care |
url | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/10/55 |
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