ArticleInternational journal of public health2010
Health care utilisation and problems in accessing health care of female undocumented immigrants in the Netherlands.
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- A systematic review on the use of healthcare services by undocumented migrants in Europe.BMC health services research · 2018Pooled it
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- Identifying challenges and enabling factors in utilizing health care services by undocumented immigrant women: a scoping review of qualitative research.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Health is wealth and documents are the currency: exploring the role of NGOs in facilitating healthcare access for undocumented migrants in the Netherlands - a qualitative study.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Tetanus Vaccine Knowledge, Beliefs, and Attitudes Among Syrian Pregnant Women in Türkiye: A Qualitative Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Inequalities in healthcare use during the COVID-19 pandemic.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Spatial variations in health service utilization among migrant population: a perspective on health equity.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Help-Seeking Undocumented Migrants in the Netherlands: Mental Health, Adverse Life Events, and Living Conditions.Culture, medicine and psychiatry · 2023Observational
- Use of emergency primary care among pregnant undocumented migrants over ten years: an observational study from Oslo, Norway.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2023Observational
- Air pollution and refraining from visiting health facilities: a cross-sectional study of domestic migrants in China.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Investigating associated factors of primary and specialist health care utilization among people with selected nationalities: results of a multilingual survey in two German federal states.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Detecting and describing heterogeneity in health care cost trajectories among asylum seekers.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Association Between Residence Status Regularization and Access to Healthcare for Undocumented Migrants in Switzerland: A Panel Study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Utilisation of healthcare by immigrant adults relative to the host population: Evidence from Ireland.Journal of migration and health · 2022Article
- Climate-related migration and population health: social science-oriented dynamic simulation model.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Utilisation of pharmacy-based sexual and reproductive health services: a quantitative retrospective study.Sexually transmitted infections · 2021Article
- Overuse or underuse? Use of healthcare services among irregular migrants in a north-eastern Spanish region.International journal for equity in health · 2021Observational
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- A Scoping Review of Undocumented Immigrants and Palliative Care: Implications for the Canadian Context.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo obtain information about the actual use of health care facilities by undocumented women and to identify obstacles they experience in accessing health care facilities.
methodsA mixed methods study, with structured questionnaires and semi-structured interviews, was chosen to obtain a complete understanding. One-hundred undocumented women were recruited. Diversity was sought according to age, origin and reason for being undocumented.
resultsUndocumented female immigrants have unmet health care needs (56%) and low health care utilisation. Sixty-nine per cent of the women reported obstacles in accessing health care facilities. These included many personal obstacles such as shame, fear and/or lack of information. Poor language proficiency (OR 0.28;. CI 0.09-0.90) reduces utilisation of primary health care services.
conclusionHealth care utilisation of undocumented women is low. Undocumented women refrain from seeking health care because of personal obstacles. These women need to be identified and informed about their rights, the health care system and the duty of professional confidentiality of doctors. Finally, institutional obstacles to access care should be removed since they strengthen reluctance to seek help.
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