Transnational health care: From a global terminology towards transnational health region development

Health Policy

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-44

  Mainil, Tomas ^a,b   Van Loon, Francis ^b   Dinnie, Keith ^a   Botterill, David ^c   Platenkamp, Vincent ^a   Meulemans, Herman ^b  

^a NHTV BREDA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Globalization; Health policy; International patients; Regional development; Transnational health care

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESEARCH; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; TRANSNATIONAL HEALTH CARE;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL TOURISM; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84867336627     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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