| Health insurance and use of alternative medicine in Mexico. | |
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PMID: 20546965 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVES: I analyze the effect of coverage by health insurance on the use of alternative medicine such as folk healers and homeopaths, in particular if it complements or substitutes conventional services. METHODS: Panel data from the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) is used to estimate bivariate probit models in order to explain the use of alternative medicine while allowing the determinant of interest, access to health insurance, to be an endogenous factor. RESULTS: The findings indicate that households with insurance coverage less often use alternative medicine, and that the effect is much stronger among poor than among rich households. CONCLUSIONS: Poor households substitute away from traditional medicine towards conventional medicine. |
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Authors:
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Edwin van Gameren |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-05-23 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Volume: 98 ISSN: 1872-6054 ISO Abbreviation: Health Policy Publication Date: 2010 Nov |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-10-18 Completed Date: 2011-02-01 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8409431 Medline TA: Health Policy Country: Ireland |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 50-7 Citation Subset: H |
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Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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El Colegio de México, Centro de Estudios Económicos, Camino al Ajusco 20, Pedregal de Santa Teresa, México, D.F., C.P. 10740, Mexico. egameren@colmex.mx |
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Aged Complementary Therapies / economics, utilization* Female Health Care Surveys Humans Insurance, Health* Male Mexico Middle Aged Models, Econometric Poverty |
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