Impact of medical travel on imports and exports of medical services

Health Policy

Volumn 98, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 171-177

  Johnson, Tricia J ^a   Garman, Andrew N ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care costs; International medical travel; Medical tourism; Quality of health care; Travel

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL TRAVEL; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SERVICE; TOURISM; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL TOURISM; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78249263800     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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