MarketWatch: Willingness to pay for cross-border health insurance between the United States and Mexico

Health Affairs

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 169-178

  Bustamante, Arturo Vargas ^a   Ojeda, Gilbert ^b   Castañeda, Xóchitl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; MEXICO; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38849108179     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.27.1.169     Document Type: Article

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