Medical tourism in the caribbean

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Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 289-297

  De Arellano, Annette B Ramírez ^a  

^a Latinos for National Health Insurance   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARBADOS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CUBA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HISTORY; HUMAN; JAMAICA; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL TOURISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUERTO RICO; SOCIAL CHANGE;

BARBADOS; CARIBBEAN REGION; CUBA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MEDICAL TOURISM; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POPULATION GROUPS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUERTO RICO; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 78650396147     PISSN: 00979740     EISSN: 15456943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/655908     Document Type: Article

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