Health insurance and use of alternative medicine in Mexico

Health Policy

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-57

  van Gameren, Edwin ^a  

^a EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Complementary therapies; Econometric models; Health insurance; Mexico; Poverty; Social security

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; MEXICO; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; POVERTY;

EID: 77957882244     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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