NIVEL (for Nederlands instituut voor onderzoek van de gezondheidszorg, or 'Netherlands Institute for Health Care Research') has published an update of its ongoing research on access to health care for undocumented migrants in the Netherlands. NIVEL asked health care providers what changes they anticipated as a result of the new rules for the financing of assistance to undocumented migrants, which came into effect in January 2009. While most care providers appeared to have become more willing to assist the undocumented, general practitioners received a disproportionate number of undocumented patients. The full report, titled "Toegankelijkheid van gezondheidszorg voor 'illegalen' in Nederland: een update", is available here.
Source: Picum newsletter, November 2009.