Medical tourism services available to residents of the United States

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 492-497

  Alleman, Brandon W ^a   Luger, Tana ^b   Reisinger, Heather Schacht ^a,c   Martin, Rene ^b,c   Horowitz, Michael D ^d   Cram, Peter ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b E11 SSH   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Medical Insights International   (United States)

Author keywords

Elective surgery; Medical tourism; Travel; Uninsured

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL TOURISM; MEDICARE; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MARKETING; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICAL TOURISM; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958747109     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1582-8     Document Type: Article

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