Heading south: Why Mexican immigrants in california seek health services in Mexico

Medical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 662-669

  Wallace, Steven P ^a,b   Mendez Luck, Carolyn ^a   Castañeda, Xóchitl ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Cross border health care; Dental care; Immigrants; Language access; Mexicanorigin population; Prescription drugs; Uninsured

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIFORNIA HEALTH INTERVIEW SURVEY; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; PRESCRIPTION; UNITED STATES; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; INSURANCE; LANGUAGE; MIGRATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67449094777     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318190cc95     Document Type: Article

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