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Because of their age, retirees often have chronic illnesses, use health care services frequently, and consequently consider health care access a greater priority than do younger persons. Therefore, we anticipated that the availability of quality health care would be important to international retirees who are living abroad in Latin America.
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Sloane, P.D., Silbersack, J., Zimmerman, S. (2020). Obtaining Health Care as an International Retiree Living in Cuenca, Ecuador and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. In: Sloane, P., Zimmerman, S., Silbersack, J. (eds) Retirement Migration from the U.S. to Latin American Colonial Cities. International Perspectives on Aging, vol 27. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33543-4_6
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