Medical tourism today: What is the state of existing knowledge

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-198

  Hopkins, Laura ^a   Labonté, Ronald ^b   Runnels, Vivien ^b   Packer, Corinne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross border health care; Global health equity; Medical tourism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL TOURISM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; TRAVEL;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL TOURISM; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TRAVEL; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77953499765     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2010.10     Document Type: Article

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