Canadian medical tourism companies that have exited the marketplace: Content analysis of websites used to market transnational medical travel

Globalization and Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Turner, Leigh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Cross border healthcare; Globalization; Medical tourism; Websites

Indexed keywords

ADVERTISING; AIR TRANSPORTATION; DATABASE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GLOBALIZATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MEDICINE; POLICY MAKING; PRICE DYNAMICS; TOURISM MARKET; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CANADA; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MARKETING; MEDICAL TOURISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOLOGY;

CANADA;

EID: 80053960314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-7-40     Document Type: Article

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