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Effects of undocumented immigrants exclusion from health care coverage in Spain

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2018.08.011

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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) (...)

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Migrants, Política sanitària, Atenció primària, Serveis socials per als immigrants

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Migrants, Medical policy, Primary health care, Services for immigrants

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PERALTA-GALLEGO, Leia, GENÉ BADIA, Joan and GALLO DE PUELLES, Pedro. Effects of undocumented immigrants exclusion from health care coverage in Spain. Health Policy. 2018. Vol. 122, num. 11, pags. 1155-1160. ISSN 0168-8510. [consulted: 7 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/128406

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