Utilization of physician health care services in Mexico by U.S. Hispanic border residents.
Utilization of physician health care services in Mexico by U.S. Hispanic border residents.
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10.1300/j026v20n01_02
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2002-01-01
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Garza, Cecilia
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作者：
Landeck, Michael;Garza, Cecilia
在美国，最具争议的话题之一是美国居民获得医疗服务的问题。这个问题对于居住在美墨边境的美国西班牙裔居民来说是最关键的，他们被认为与该州和全国其他地区相比，健康标准和社会经济条件都很低。因此，在美国边境的墨西哥可以获得成本较低的医疗服务，这被认为是一种可行的经济替代医疗保健来源。这项研究来自对居住在德克萨斯州拉雷多的1100户家庭的健康需求评估调查。拉雷多是美国与墨西哥长达2000英里的边境上最大的陆地港口。这项研究的主要结果表明，大约41.2%的拉雷多美国西班牙裔居民在墨西哥利用跨境医生医疗保健服务。
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.