Health insurance and use of alternative medicine in Mexico.
Health Policy
; 98(1): 50-7, 2010 Nov.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20546965
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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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Terapias Complementares
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Seguro Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Mexico
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Health Policy
Assunto da revista:
PESQUISA EM SERVICOS DE SAUDE
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SAUDE PUBLICA
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
México
País de publicação:
Irlanda