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)...
Main Authors: | Chiara Allegri, Helen Banks, Carlo Devillanova |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-04-01
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Series: | EClinicalMedicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258953702200075X |
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