Publication: Economic Analysis of Health Care Utilization and Perceived Illness : Ethnicity and Other Factors
dc.contributor.author | Paqueo, Vicente B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Gonzalez, Christian Y. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-04-30T19:11:05Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-04-30T19:11:05Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2003-08 | |
dc.description.abstract | Paqueo and Gonzalez look at the determinants of health-seeking behavior of the Mexican population and within this context focus on the effect of ethnicity. They address the following questions: To what extent are the indigenous people at a disadvantage health care-wise and in what particular health services are they disadvantaged? Is the health care gap due to indigenous cultures by itself as opposed to the impact of socioeconomic differences? What policy instruments can be used to reduce the gap? The authors find that contrary to expectations, the indigenous people in Mexico tend to have a positive behavior toward modern preventive care compared with the nonindigenous population, holding socioeconomic factors constant. Apparently, there is no cultural barrier in regard to these services. But ethnicity remains negatively associated with the use of inpatient hospital care and medical and dental consultations. Insurance has a significant and positive effect on health care use. Therefore, it appears to be an effective instrument for addressing the health care disadvantages faced by the indigenous population in regard to inpatient care and the use of outpatient services of doctors, nurses, and dentists. | en |
dc.identifier | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/08/2511637/economic-analysis-health-care-utilization-perceived-illness-ethnicity-other-factors | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1596/1813-9450-3125 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18114 | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | World Bank, Washington, DC | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Policy Research Working Paper;No. 3125 | |
dc.rights | CC BY 3.0 IGO | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ | |
dc.subject | AGED | |
dc.subject | AILMENTS | |
dc.subject | BASIC HEALTH CARE | |
dc.subject | BASIC HEALTH SERVICES | |
dc.subject | COMMODITIES | |
dc.subject | COMMUNITIES | |
dc.subject | DENTAL SERVICES | |
dc.subject | DENTISTS | |
dc.subject | DOCTORS | |
dc.subject | ECONOMIC ANALYSIS | |
dc.subject | EMPLOYMENT | |
dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH | |
dc.subject | EXPENDITURES | |
dc.subject | FAMILY PLANNING | |
dc.subject | HEALTH CARE | |
dc.subject | HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS | |
dc.subject | HEALTH CARE SERVICES | |
dc.subject | HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION | |
dc.subject | HEALTH EDUCATION | |
dc.subject | HEALTH INDICATORS | |
dc.subject | HEALTH INSURANCE | |
dc.subject | HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE | |
dc.subject | HEALTH INTERVENTIONS | |
dc.subject | HEALTH POLICY | |
dc.subject | HEALTH PROGRAMS | |
dc.subject | HEALTH PROVIDERS | |
dc.subject | HEALTH SECTOR | |
dc.subject | HEALTH SERVICES | |
dc.subject | HEALTH STATUS | |
dc.subject | HEALTH SYSTEM | |
dc.subject | HOSPITAL BEDS | |
dc.subject | HOSPITAL CARE | |
dc.subject | HOSPITAL SERVICES | |
dc.subject | HOSPITAL UTILIZATION | |
dc.subject | HOSPITALISATION | |
dc.subject | HOSPITALIZATION | |
dc.subject | HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE | |
dc.subject | HOUSEHOLDS | |
dc.subject | HOUSING | |
dc.subject | ILLNESSES | |
dc.subject | IMMUNIZATION | |
dc.subject | INCOME | |
dc.subject | INFANT MORTALITY | |
dc.subject | INFANT MORTALITY RATE | |
dc.subject | INFECTIOUS DISEASES | |
dc.subject | INHABITANTS | |
dc.subject | INPATIENT CARE | |
dc.subject | INSURANCE | |
dc.subject | LIFE EXPECTANCY | |
dc.subject | LIVING CONDITIONS | |
dc.subject | MALARIA | |
dc.subject | MALNUTRITION | |
dc.subject | MEDICAL INSURANCE | |
dc.subject | MORBIDITY | |
dc.subject | MORTALITY | |
dc.subject | MOTHERS | |
dc.subject | NURSES | |
dc.subject | NUTRITION | |
dc.subject | OUTPATIENT SERVICES | |
dc.subject | POLICY RESEARCH | |
dc.subject | POPULATION GROUPS | |
dc.subject | PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE | |
dc.subject | PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES | |
dc.subject | PRIMARY CARE | |
dc.subject | PRIMARY HEALTH CARE | |
dc.subject | PUBLIC HEALTH | |
dc.subject | RURAL AREAS | |
dc.subject | SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS | |
dc.subject | TRADITIONAL MEDICINE | |
dc.subject | URBAN AREAS | |
dc.subject | URBAN POPULATION | |
dc.subject | WATER SUPPLY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS | |
dc.subject | HEALTH CARE PLANNING | |
dc.subject | ETHNIC GROUPS | |
dc.subject | INDIGENOUS POPULATION | |
dc.subject | HEALTH ISSUES | |
dc.subject | HEALTH CARE | |
dc.subject | DENTAL CARE | |
dc.subject | INCOME | |
dc.subject | EMPLOYMENT | |
dc.subject | EDUCATION | |
dc.subject | WATER | |
dc.subject | SANITATION | |
dc.subject | HOUSING | |
dc.subject | ECONOMIC ANALYSIS | |
dc.subject | WATER SUPPLY | |
dc.title | Economic Analysis of Health Care Utilization and Perceived Illness : Ethnicity and Other Factors | en |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea | Gender | |
okr.crossref.title | Economic Analysis of Health Care Utilization and Perceived Illness: Ethnicity and Other Factors | |
okr.date.doiregistration | 2025-04-10T09:47:16.737740Z | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper | |
okr.doctype | Publications & Research | |
okr.docurl | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/08/2511637/economic-analysis-health-care-utilization-perceived-illness-ethnicity-other-factors | |
okr.globalpractice | Health, Nutrition, and Population | |
okr.guid | 147181468773108980 | |
okr.identifier.doi | 10.1596/1813-9450-3125 | |
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum | 000094946_0309160409276 | |
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum | 2511637 | |
okr.identifier.report | WPS3125 | |
okr.language.supported | en | |
okr.pdfurl | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2003/09/30/000094946_0309160409276/Rendered/PDF/multi0page.pdf | en |
okr.region.administrative | Latin America & Caribbean | |
okr.region.country | Mexico | |
okr.topic | Health Monitoring and Evaluation | |
okr.topic | Health Systems Development and Reform | |
okr.topic | Health Economics and Finance | |
okr.topic | Housing and Human Habitats | |
okr.topic | Early Child and Children's Health | |
okr.topic | Health, Nutrition and Population::Public Health Promotion | |
okr.topic | Gender::Gender and Health | |
okr.unit | Off of Sr VP Dev Econ/Chief Econ (DECVP) | |
okr.volume | 1 | |
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