Rural-Urban Differences in Health Services Utilization in the US-Mexico Border Region

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 215-223

  Su, Dejun ^a   Pratt, William ^b   Salinas, Jennifer ^c   Wong, Rebeca ^d   Pagán, José A ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CLARION UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Cross border utilization of health services; Driving distance; Rural urban; US Mexico border

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84875804805     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2012.00445.x     Document Type: Article

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