title: The relationship between remittances and health care provision in Mexico.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We examined whether remittances sent from the United States to Mexico were used to access health care in Mexico.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were from a 2006 survey of 2 localities in the municipal city of Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico. We used logistic regression to determine whether household remittance expenditure on health care was associated with type of health insurance coverage.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Individuals who lacked insurance coverage or who were covered by the Seguro Popular program were significantly more likely to reside in households that spend remittances on health care than were individuals covered by an employer-based insurance program.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Improving the coverage and quality of care within Mexico's health care system will help ensure that remittances serve as a complement, and not a substitute, to formal access to care.
authors.affiliation: Ohio State University, Columbus, USA.
authors.forename: Reanne
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Frank
authors.forename: Oswaldo
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Palma-Coca
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rauda-Esquivel
authors.forename: Gustavo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Olaiz-Fernández
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Díaz-Olavarrieta
authors.forename: Dolores
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Acevedo-García
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D005382:Financing, Personal / Q000191:economics*; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D014481:United States