Health Inequalities: evidence from an analysis of hospitalizations of Italian and immigrant people in Italy

Background The health status of a population closely depends also on the presence of socially disadvantaged groups, such as immigrants. The aim of this study is to analyze the access to health services of Italian and immigrant people living in Italy, with particular attention to the hospitalizations for two groups of diseases with similar risk factors: heart attack and stroke, chronic liver disease and liver cancer. Methods The data source on …