Medical tourism: Reverse subsidy for the elite

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Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 312-319

  Sengupta, Amit ^a  

^a Peoples Health Movement   (India)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COSMETIC INDUSTRY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ESTHETIC SURGERY; ETHNOLOGY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HISTORY; INDIA; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL TOURISM; PHYSICIAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

BEAUTY CULTURE; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ECONOMICS; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; INDIA; MEDICAL TOURISM; PHYSICIANS; PRIVATE PRACTICE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 78650329239     PISSN: 00979740     EISSN: 15456943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/655910     Document Type: Article

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