Access to health care for migrants returning to Mexico

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 374-385

  Ross, Sara J ^a   Pagán, José A ^b,c   Polsky, Daniel ^c,d  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Mexico; Migrants; Retirement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEXICO; MIGRATION; PROBABILITY; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; PROBABILITY; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 33745036518     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2006.0067     Document Type: Article

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