Effects of undocumented immigrants exclusion from health care coverage in Spain

In 2012 the Spanish government passed Royal Decree-Law 16/2012 (RDL) aimed at containing public expenditure in response to the economic crisis. This RDL redefined just who would be entitled to public health care. As a result, a large proportion of undocumented immigrants in Spain were excluded from...

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Autores: Peralta-Gallego, Leia, Gené Badia, Joan, Gallo de Puelles, Pedro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/128406
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/128406
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Migrants
Política sanitària
Atenció primària
Serveis socials per als immigrants
Medical policy
Primary health care
Services for immigrants
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Sumario:In 2012 the Spanish government passed Royal Decree-Law 16/2012 (RDL) aimed at containing public expenditure in response to the economic crisis. This RDL redefined just who would be entitled to public health care. As a result, a large proportion of undocumented immigrants in Spain were excluded from basic publicly financed health care with access only being granted under particular circumstances (emergency care, maternal care, children under 18, asylum seekers and victims of human trafficking) (...)