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How people respond to illness in Mexico: self-care or medical care?

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  • Leyva-Flores, Rene
  • Luz Kageyama, M.
  • Erviti-Erice, Joaquina

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  • Leyva-Flores, Rene & Luz Kageyama, M. & Erviti-Erice, Joaquina, 2001. "How people respond to illness in Mexico: self-care or medical care?," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 57(1), pages 15-26, July.
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    1. Castro, Roberto, 1995. "The subjective experience of health and illness in Ocuituco: A case study," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 41(7), pages 1005-1021, October.
    2. Dean, Kathryn, 1986. "Lay care in illness," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 22(2), pages 275-284, January.
    3. Calva, Juan, 1996. "Antibiotic use in a periurban community in Mexico: A household and drugstore survey," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 42(8), pages 1121-1128, April.
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    1. Edgeworth, Ross & Collins, Andrew E., 2006. "Self-care as a response to diarrhoea in rural Bangladesh: Empowered choice or enforced adoption?," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 63(10), pages 2686-2697, November.
    2. Shahaduz Zaman, 2007. "Health Domain of the Ultra Poor: An Exploration," Working Papers id:1002, eSocialSciences.
    3. Pagan, Jose A. & Ross, Sara & Yau, Jeffrey & Polsky, Daniel, 2006. "Self-medication and health insurance coverage in Mexico," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 75(2), pages 170-177, January.

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