International competition and the demand for health insurance in the US: Evidence from the Texas-Mexico border region

International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-38

  Brown III, H Shelton ^a   Pagán, José A ^b   Bastida, Elena ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Border; Health insurance; Mexico

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TEXAS;

EID: 60849133881     PISSN: 13896563     EISSN: 15736962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10754-008-9045-z     Document Type: Article

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