Utilization of physician health care services in Mexico by U.S. Hispanic border residents.
One of the most controversial topics in the U.S. is the issue of accessibility to health services by U.S. residents. This issue is most critical to U.S. Hispanic residents living along the U.S.-Mexico border who have been identified as having low health standards and low socio-economic conditions when compared to the rest of the state and the country. The availability of lower cost health services across the U.S. border in Mexico is, therefore, perceived as a viable economic alternative source of health care. This study is derived from a health needs assessment survey of 1,100 households residing in Laredo, Texas, the largest land port along the 2,000-miles long U.S.-Mexico border. The major result of this study indicates that about 41.2 percent of the Laredo U.S. Hispanic residents are utilizing cross border physician health care services in Mexico.
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Michael
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Department of Management and Marketing, Texas A&M International University, 5201 University Boulevard, Laredo, TX 78041, USA. Mlandeck@tamiu.edu
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Cecilia
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment; D012923:Social Class; D013781:Texas / Q000208:ethnology