Life Sciences

Data from New University of Lisbon, Medical Department provide new insights into life sciences

Published in State and Local Health Law Weekly, December 18th, 2008

According to recent research published in the journal BMC Health Services Research, "The increasing diversity of population in European Countries poses new challenges to national health systems. There is a lack of data on accessibility and use of health care services by migrants, appropriateness of the care provided, client satisfaction and problems experienced when confronting the health care system."

"This limits knowledge about the multiple determinants of the utilization of health services. The aim of this study was to describe the access of migrants to health care and its determinants in Portugal. The study sample included 1513 immigrants (53% men),...

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Source: State and Local Health Law Weekly (2008-12-18)

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