UK medical tourists in Thailand: They are not who you think they are

Globalization and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Noree, Thinakorn ^a,b   Hanefeld, Johanna ^a   Smith, Richard ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TREATMENT; GLOBALIZATION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL DEMAND;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL TOURISM; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THAILAND; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

THAILAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL TOURISM; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE; THAILAND;

EID: 84901673633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-10-29     Document Type: Article

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