Structural and procedural barriers to health assessment for asylum seekers and other migrants – an explorative survey in Sweden

Abstract Background Health assessments (HAs) for newly arrived asylum seekers have become a regular practice in most EU countries, but what is performed, how they are organized, and whether it is mandatory or not to attend varies between countries. Swedish national statistics have shown that only ab...

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Main Authors: Robert Jonzon, Pille Lindkvist, Anna-Karin Hurtig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-018-3588-6