Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology
Volume 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 301-312

Tapping healthcare resource by older Mexicans with diabetes: How migration to the United States facilitates access (Article)

Salinas J.J.
  • a Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd., Galveston, TX 77555-0460, United States

Abstract

This study employs semi-structured interviews conducted in two small migrant towns in Michoacán, Mexico to determine how older Mexicans with diabetes access healthcare and treatment. Barriers in access to healthcare services are identified as well as how family members and migration are utilized to offset these limitations. Results indicate that former migrants who were economically successful in the USA have greater options in the type of services they are able to use. In addition, residents with diabetes who have family members living in the USA receive remittances in the form of money and medical supplies that aid in the treatment of their illness. Implications for policy are discussed. © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

Author Keywords

Mexico healthcare Migration diabetes

Index Keywords

residential mobility economics Community Health Services community care human middle aged diabetes mellitus Aged ethnology Mexico interview United States Humans Hispanic Interviews as Topic male female Aged, 80 and over Article migration Emigration and Immigration Healthcare Disparities health care disparity Health Services Accessibility Mexican Americans health care delivery
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-49349092984&doi=10.1007%2fs10823-008-9076-4&partnerID=40&md5=d47e13d13c3b2358b9edb49e5bc370ba
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-008-9076-4
ISSN: 01693816
Cited by: 7
Original Language: English