Tracking medical repatriations to Mexico: Experiences from the field (original) (raw)

Abstract

Medical repatriations of undocumented and uninsured patients with chronic illnesses or catastrophic injuries initiated by American hospitals to Mexico have ramifications for patients and their families. Locating these patients after repatriation is challenging albeit critical to understanding this process and its impact. This report, part of a larger ongoing project, describes participant recruitment efforts with state actors and non-governmental organizations in Mexico that could have encounters with repatriated patients. Following purposeful snowball sampling, contact was established with 5 national NGOs offering migrant services, governmental migrant service offices and hospitals in six states (and DF). Over 5 months, informal interviews and correspondence with health professionals, NGOs, and governmental staff were recorded in field-notes. To map the social and bureaucratic landscape, data was analyzed qualitatively. Early findings suggest recruitment through governmental office...

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