Medical state assistance ('Aide Médicale d’État,') is a public health insurance programme that allows undocumented immigrants with limited financial resources to access health care services for free. The objective of medical state assistance is to enable undocumented immigrants to visit...

This study addresses the issue of psychosocial determinants of health, i.e. non material resources such as social capital, social support, and sense of control or self-esteem. We firstly analyse their impact on health status in addition to material and biological determinants. We then measure...