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Inequalities in healthcare access by type of visa in a context of restrictive health insurance policy: the case of Ukrainians in Czechia

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Acknowledgments

The research leading to these results was supported by the Grand Agency of the Czech Republic via Project: No. P404/10/0581, “Migration and development—economic and social impacts of migration on the Czech Republic as a destination country and Ukraine as a country of origin (with special respect to analysis of remittances)” and the SOPHIE project (Evaluating the impact of structural policies on health inequalities and their social determinants and fostering change) which has received funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007–2013) under Grant Agreement No. 278173.

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  1. Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, IIB-Sant Pau, Pl. Lesseps 1, 08023, Barcelona, Spain

    Davide Malmusi, Laia Palència & Carme Borrell

  2. CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain

    Davide Malmusi, Laia Palència & Carme Borrell

  3. Department of Social Geography and Regional Development, Faculty of Science, Geographic Migration Centre (GEOMIGRACE), Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

    Dušan Drbohlav & Dagmar Dzúrová

  4. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

    Carme Borrell

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Malmusi, D., Drbohlav, D., Dzúrová, D. et al. Inequalities in healthcare access by type of visa in a context of restrictive health insurance policy: the case of Ukrainians in Czechia. Int J Public Health 59, 715–719 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-014-0592-4

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Keywords

  • Healthcare Access
  • Lower Access
  • Residence Permit
  • Public Healthcare System
  • Czech Population