Medical returns: Seeking health care in Mexico

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1846-1852

  Horton, Sarah ^a   Cole, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture of medicine; Health care delivery; Immigrants; Medical tourism; Mexico; Transnationalism; Uninsured; US Latinos; US Mexico border; USA

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

BORDER REGION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES; IMMIGRANT; LATINO PEOPLE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LAW SUIT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RETURN; MEXICO; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAL TOURISM; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958744714     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.03.035     Document Type: Article

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