Open AccessBarriers to health care services in migrants and potential strategies to improve accessibility: A qualitative analysis
Author(s) -
Ai Seon Kuan,
Tzeng Ji Chen,
Wui-Chiang Lee
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the chinese medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1728-7731
pISSN - 1726-4901
DOI - 10.1097/jcma.0000000000000224
Subject(s) - language barrier , health care , medicine , thematic analysis , interpreter , hotline , nursing , qualitative research , focus group , public relations , business , economic growth , political science , marketing , sociology , telecommunications , computer science , law , programming language , social science , economics
While migrants in Taiwan are entitled to universal health care, barriers to health care services exist. We aimed to explore challenges encountered by migrants when accessing health care services and potential strategies to overcome these barriers.