Immigration may reduce the time you wait to see the doctor
Giuntella, O., Nicodemo, C. & Vargas-Silva, C.
(2015).
Immigration may reduce the time you wait to see the doctor.
Migrants’ access to the NHS is part of an ongoing debate in the UK, with the Home Secretary recently arguing that it is “obvious” that migration has an impact on the availability of NHS services. Looking at the impact of immigration on NHS waiting times, Osea Giuntella, Catia Nicodemo and Carlos Vargas-Silva explain that services in areas with a rising migrant population actually have reduced waiting times.
| Item Type | Online resource |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2015 The Author(s) CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 |
| Departments | LSE |
| Date Deposited | 11 Apr 2017 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/73465 |