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. 2019 Sep 16:366:l4160.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.l4160.

Healthcare is not universal if undocumented migrants are excluded

Helena Legido-Quigley  1   2   3 , Nicola Pocock  2   4 , Sok Teng Tan, Leire Pajin  5 , Repeepong Suphanchaimat  6 , Kol Wickramage  7 , Martin McKee  2 , Kevin Pottie
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Healthcare is not universal if undocumented migrants are excluded

Helena Legido-Quigley et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Helena Legido-Quigley and colleagues examine the barriers that migrants face in accessing healthcare and argue they are counterproductive for host countries

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Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have no relevant interests to declare.

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Factors contributing to barriers that prevent migrants from using health systems
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