A unifying framework of the demand for transnational medical travel

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 415-436

  Österle, August ^a   Johnson, Tricia ^a   Delgado, Jose ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; MEDICINE; POLICY MAKING; TRAVEL DEMAND;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENTAL PROCEDURE; ECONOMICS; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL TOURISM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

CULTURE; DENTAL CARE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MEDICAL TOURISM; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880559359     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HS.43.3.c     Document Type: Article

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