Health inequalities in the decentralised Spanish health care system
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The work of ANAEM is complemented by that undertaken within accommodation centres for asylum applicants that are run by CADA under ANAEM supervision.4 Here again, epidemiological investigations are undertaken. Monitoring procedures, like those used for type II diabetes, allow immigrants to assume personal responsibility for their own health when medical conditions are at a less advanced stage. Results can still be improved and constitute good practice examples for other vulnerable populations.
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