Cross-border utilization of health care services by United States residents living near the Mexican border Utilización transfronteriza de los servicios de salud por residentes en los Estados Unidos que viven cerca de la frontera con México
OBJECTIVES: To determine what proportion of El Paso (Texas, United States of America) residents access health care services in Mexico, which services they use, and why they cross for care. METHODS: A cross-sectional, telephone survey of El Paso County residents was conducted from October-November 20...
Main Authors: | Theresa L. Byrd, Jon G. Law |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pan American Health Organization
2009-08-01
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Series: | Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892009000800001 |
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