Access to Health Care by Migrants with Precarious Status During a Health Crisis: Some Insights from Portugal

Raposo, Vera Lúcia; Violante, Teresa

doi:10.1007/s12142-021-00621-5

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“…In addition, the context of the destination country and the attitudes of the host population could influence health care access and utilization. Specifically, migrants with irregular administrative status face higher vulnerability and often experience administrative, financial, and communicational barriers, as well as not being eligible for social protection measures [47].…”

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Unequal Access and Use of Health Care Services among Settled Immigrants, Recent Immigrants, and Locals: A Comparative Analysis of a Nationally Representative Survey in Chile

Oyarte

Cabieses

Rada

et al. 2022

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Globally, and particularly in the Latin American region, international migration continues to grow. Access and use of health care services by migrants vary according to their country of origin and residence time. We aimed to compare the access and use of health care services between international migrants (including settled migrants from Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador; Emerging migrants from Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Haiti; and migrants from other countries) and the Chilean population. After performing a secondary data analysis of population-based nationally representative surveys (CASEN 2011–2017), access and use patterns (insurance, complementary insurance, non-consultation, and non-treatment coverage) were described and compared among settled immigrants, recent emerging immigrants, others, and locals. Immigrants had a significantly higher uninsured population compared to locals. Specifically, in CASEN 2017, 19.27% of emerging (95% CI: 15.3–24.1%), 11.79% of settled (95% CI: 10.1–13.7%), and 2.25% of locals (95% CI: 2.1–2.4%) were uninsured. After 2013, settled and recent emerging migrants showed higher percentages of non-consultation. Collaborative and interculturally relevant strategies from human rights and equity perspectives are needed. Initiatives with a particular focus on recent immigrants can contribute to reducing the existing disparities in health care access and use with locals due to lack of insurance and treatment coverage.

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Unequal Access and Use of Health Care Services among Settled Immigrants, Recent Immigrants, and Locals: A Comparative Analysis of a Nationally Representative Survey in Chile

Oyarte

Cabieses

Rada

et al. 2022

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“…In contrast, recently relocated residents are less likely to take full advantage of public healthcare services [ 43 ]. This has been attributed to language barriers, a lack of knowledge about the functioning of the healthcare system, lack of documentation and discrimination by healthcare professionals [ 44 , 45 ].…”

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Factors Affecting Access to Public Healthcare Facilities in the City of Tshwane, South Africa

Moeti

Mokhele

Weir-Smith

et al. 2023

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Access to healthcare services is largely determined by socioeconomic factors, with economically well-off individuals obtaining healthcare services more efficiently than those who are disadvantaged. This paper aims to assess the effects of socioeconomic and other related factors on access to healthcare facilities in the City of Tshwane, South Africa, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data were sourced from the Gauteng City-Region Observatory (GCRO) quality of life survey (2020/2021). Multivariate logistic regression was applied. Results showed that 66.3% of the respondents reported that they had access to public healthcare facilities within their area. Furthermore, results showed that those who lived in informal houses were significantly (OR = 0.55, 95% CI [0.37–0.80], p < 0.01) less likely to report that they had access to public healthcare facilities in their area compared to those who lived in formal houses. More efforts need to be undertaken to ensure that all citizens have access to public healthcare facilities, especially among those who are disadvantaged, such as informal dwellers. In addition, future research should encompass locality in relation to the factors that affect access to public healthcare facilities, especially during pandemics such as the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to have geographically targeted interventions.

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“…The irregular stay gives rise to various problems, such as the denial of rights, and often such migrants are in an especially vulnerable position [cf. Cholewinski, (2006), pp.900f;European Commission, (2009), p.22;Raposo and Violante, 2021]. As a social, political and legal phenomenon, irregular migration presents the EU and the individual member states with significant (legal) challenges.…”

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A critical-contextual approach in comparative migration law

Hinterberger¹

2022

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This contribution deals with the critical-contextual method, which is a critical evolution of functionalism and introduced as a specific comparative law approach to migration law. Critical-contextual comparison draws upon three established methods/approaches: functionalism, contextualism and critical approaches. It fuses them to qualify as 'thick' comparison per Frankenberg. Comparisons are 'thick' if they are context-sensitive, critical and reflexive. To contribute to the operation and application of the critical-contextual approach generally, the present article carves out the method of critical-contextual comparison relying on certain findings of a case study on regularisations of irregularly staying migrants in the EU, in particular in Germany, Austria and Spain. The aim is to demonstrate how critical-contextual comparison can be undertaken in the area of migration law and the problems and challenges that may arise.

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Access to Health Care by Migrants with Precarious Status During a Health Crisis: Some Insights from Portugal

Cited by 14 publications

References 30 publications

Unequal Access and Use of Health Care Services among Settled Immigrants, Recent Immigrants, and Locals: A Comparative Analysis of a Nationally Representative Survey in Chile

Unequal Access and Use of Health Care Services among Settled Immigrants, Recent Immigrants, and Locals: A Comparative Analysis of a Nationally Representative Survey in Chile

Factors Affecting Access to Public Healthcare Facilities in the City of Tshwane, South Africa

A critical-contextual approach in comparative migration law

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