Barriers to accessing health care among undocumented migrants in Sweden - a principal component analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Undocumented migrants face many hardships in their everyday life such as poor living conditions, discrimination, and lack of access to healthcare. Previous studies have demonstrated considerable health care needs for psychiatric disorders as well as physical diseases. The aim of this paper was to find out the main barriers that undocumented migrants experience in accessing the Swedish healthcare system and to explore their relation with socioeconomic factors.

Methods

A cross-sectional study with adult undocumented migrants was performed in the three largest cities of Sweden in 2014-2016. Sampling was done via informal networks. A socioeconomic questionnaire was constructed including 22 barriers to health care. Trained field workers conducted the interviews. A prin

SUBMITTER: Mona H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8369752 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature