Avoidable hospitalizations and access to primary care: comparisons among Italians, resident immigrants and undocumented immigrants in administrative hospital discharge records

Avoidable hospitalizations and access to primary care: comparisons among Italians, resident immigrants and undocumented immigrants in administrative hospital discharge records

Summary: Background: Immigrants face multiple barriers in accessing healthcare; however, empirical assessment of access presents serious methodological issues, and evidence on undocumented immigrants is scant and based mainly on non-representative samples. We examine avoidable hospitalization (AH)...

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Main Authors: Chiara Allegri, Helen Banks, Carlo Devillanova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-04-01
Series:EClinicalMedicine
Subjects:
Avoidable hospitalizations
Migrant health
Undocumented immigrants
Primary care
Administrative health data
Ambulatory care-sensitive conditions
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258953702200075X

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