Navigating financial coverage of healthcare to undocumented migrants at two hospitals in Oslo: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

This study aimed to investigate how hospitals navigate financial coverage of healthcare for undocumented migrants, given the present laws and regulations in Norway.

Methods

This qualitative study used an explorative approach. We collected and studied hospital guidelines for registering and invoicing foreign patients, and interviewed hospital staff from two university hospitals, and undocumented migrants at one non-governmental clinic in Oslo. The first author collected 14 documents and conducted 14 semi-structured, in-depth interviews. The project team used a thematic-analysis-inspired approach to identify patterns of shared meaning in the guidelines and interviews.

Results

We found that the hospital guidelines did not account for undocumented migrants. The staff

SUBMITTER: Fjelltorp-Veland K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12936140 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature