America's new refugees - Seeking affordable surgery offshore

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 355, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 1637-1640

  Milstein, Arnold ^a,b   Smith, Mark ^c  

^a Mercer Health Benefits LLC   (United States)

^b Pacific Business Group on Health   (United States)

^c California HealthCare Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INDIA; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MEDICAL TOURISM; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOURISM; TRADE UNION; UNITED STATES;

BANKRUPTCY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFUGEES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750050841     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp068190     Document Type: Review

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