Open AccessConsequences of the North American Free Trade Agreement for health services: a perspective from Mexico.
Author(s) -
Julio Frenk,
Octavio GómezDantés,
Carlos Cruz,
Fabio Chacón,
Pablo Sebastián Silveira Hernández,
Phyllis Freeman
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.84.10.1591
Subject(s) - free trade agreement , perspective (graphical) , public health , agreement , environmental health , medicine , geography , free trade , business , international trade , nursing , mathematics , geometry , linguistics , philosophy
The purposes of the study were to assess the potential impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on medical care in Mexico and to identify internal measures Mexico could take to increase the benefits and minimize the risks of free trade.