Characterization of cross-border medical tourism in Ciudad Juarez motivated by the crisis derived from COVID-19

The work links cross-border mobility and medical tourism during the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective was to analyze the behavior of medical tourism in Ciudad Juárez during October 2020 to July 2021 of this pandemic. The contextual variable is regular mobility compared to the activity of the trade in...

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Autores principales: Martínez Almanza, María Teresa, Morales, Santos, Breceda Pérez, Jorge Antonio
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Publicado: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California 2022
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spelling oai:ojs.localhost:article-10562023-10-05T23:52:04Z Characterization of cross-border medical tourism in Ciudad Juarez motivated by the crisis derived from COVID-19 Caracterización del turismo médico transfronterizo en Ciudad Juárez motivado por la crisis derivada del COVID-19 Martínez Almanza, María Teresa Morales, Santos Breceda Pérez, Jorge Antonio medical tourism pandemic cross-border health welfare state Social sciences Sociology Social and public welfare Institutional care Medicine Public aspects of medicine Public health Epidemics Quarantine Medical geography Political science International relations Boundaries turismo médico pandemia salud transfronteriza estado de bienestar Ciencias sociales Sociología Estado de bienestar social y público Atención institucional Medicina Aspectos públicos de la medicina Salud pública Epidemias Cuarentena Geografía médica Ciencias políticas Relaciones internacionales Fronteras The work links cross-border mobility and medical tourism during the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective was to analyze the behavior of medical tourism in Ciudad Juárez during October 2020 to July 2021 of this pandemic. The contextual variable is regular mobility compared to the activity of the trade in health services in border cities. It is a qualitative and exploratory study of 34 semi-structured interviews of real cases. Cross-border patients who come to Ciudad Juárez in search of health care for COVID-19 disease in public and private hospitals and for the care and follow-up of the related sequelae were found. The conclusions expose the vulnerability of people who carry out medical tourism and the institutional deficiencies that contribute to the challenges of the welfare state during the COVID-19 pandemic. The notion of the functionality of borders is identified.   El trabajo vincula la movilidad transfronteriza y el turismo médico durante la pandemia de COVID-19. El objetivo fue analizar el comportamiento del turismo médico en Ciudad Juárez durante octubre de 2020 a julio de 2021 de esta pandemia. La variable contextual es la movilidad regular frente a la actividad del comercio de servicios de salud de las ciudades fronterizas. Es un estudio cualitativo y exploratorio de 34 entrevistas semiestructuradas de casos reales. Se encontraron pacientes transfronterizos que acuden a Ciudad Juárez en busca de atención sanitaria para la enfermedad de COVID-19 en hospitales públicos y privados y para la atención y seguimiento de las secuelas relativas. En las conclusiones se expone la vulnerabilidad de las personas que realizan turismo médico y las deficiencias institucionales que abonan a los desafíos del estado de bienestar durante la pandemia de COVID-19. Se identifica la noción de la funcionalidad de las fronteras. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California 2022-04-08 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html application/epub+zip text/xml text/xml application/pdf application/epub+zip text/html application/pdf application/pdf https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1056 10.21670/ref.2206090 Estudios Fronterizos Revista; Vol. 23 (2022) Estudios Fronterizos; Vol. 23 (2022) 2395-9134 0187-6961 spa eng https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1056/2123 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1056/2124 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1056/2125 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1056/2126 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1056/2168 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1056/2169 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1056/2170 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1056/2171 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1056/2176 https://ref.uabc.mx/ojs/index.php/ref/article/view/1056/2177 Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. October 2020 to July 2021 Ciudad Juárez, México. Octubre de 2020 a julio de 2021 Derechos de autor 2022 Estudios Fronterizos https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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author Martínez Almanza, María Teresa
Morales, Santos
Breceda Pérez, Jorge Antonio
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Morales, Santos
Breceda Pérez, Jorge Antonio
Characterization of cross-border medical tourism in Ciudad Juarez motivated by the crisis derived from COVID-19
author_facet Martínez Almanza, María Teresa
Morales, Santos
Breceda Pérez, Jorge Antonio
author_sort Martínez Almanza, María Teresa
title Characterization of cross-border medical tourism in Ciudad Juarez motivated by the crisis derived from COVID-19
title_short Characterization of cross-border medical tourism in Ciudad Juarez motivated by the crisis derived from COVID-19
title_full Characterization of cross-border medical tourism in Ciudad Juarez motivated by the crisis derived from COVID-19
title_fullStr Characterization of cross-border medical tourism in Ciudad Juarez motivated by the crisis derived from COVID-19
title_full_unstemmed Characterization of cross-border medical tourism in Ciudad Juarez motivated by the crisis derived from COVID-19
title_sort characterization of cross-border medical tourism in ciudad juarez motivated by the crisis derived from covid-19
description The work links cross-border mobility and medical tourism during the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective was to analyze the behavior of medical tourism in Ciudad Juárez during October 2020 to July 2021 of this pandemic. The contextual variable is regular mobility compared to the activity of the trade in health services in border cities. It is a qualitative and exploratory study of 34 semi-structured interviews of real cases. Cross-border patients who come to Ciudad Juárez in search of health care for COVID-19 disease in public and private hospitals and for the care and follow-up of the related sequelae were found. The conclusions expose the vulnerability of people who carry out medical tourism and the institutional deficiencies that contribute to the challenges of the welfare state during the COVID-19 pandemic. The notion of the functionality of borders is identified.  
publisher Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
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