Do Mexican immigrants substitute health care in Mexico for health insurance in the United States? The role of distance

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2036-2042

  Brown, Henry Shelton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Econometrics; Health insurance; Immigrants; Latinos; Mexico USA

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; IMMIGRANT;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; MEDICAID; MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56349166607     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.09.014     Document Type: Article

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