TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically assess whether immigrants suffer from unequal access to health care services, that add to prevailing socioeconomic barriers to care.Design/methodology/approach Using a uniquely rich Italian health survey, the authors estimate the correlation between immigrant status and the probability of accessing health services, conditional on a rich set of individual and territorial characteristics.Findings Results show that foreigners are more likely to contact emergency services and less likely to visit specialist doctors and use preventive care. Similar results hold for second-generation immigrants.Originality/value The authors discuss the sources of observed inequities and suggest tentative policy implications to promote equal access.
VL  - 37
IS  - 7
SN  - 0143-7720
DO  - 10.1108/IJM-08-2015-0114
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-08-2015-0114
AU  - Devillanova Carlo
AU  - Frattini Tommaso
PY  - 2016
Y1  - 2016/01/01
TI  - Inequities in immigrants’ access to health care services: disentangling potential barriers
T2  - International Journal of Manpower
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 1191
EP  - 1208
Y2  - 2024/09/25
ER  -