Cross-border mobility and social networks: Laotians seeking medical treatment along the Thai border

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue , 2014, Pages 364-373

  Bochaton, Audrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

Cross border medical travel; Decision making process; Laos; Social networks; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; AUTHORITARIANISM; BORDER REGION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MOBILITY; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LAOTIAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; THAILAND; TRAVEL; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; LAOS; MEDICAL TOURISM; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

LAOS; THAILAND;

LAOTIA;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LAOS; MEDICAL TOURISM; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THAILAND;

EID: 84920269493     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.10.022     Document Type: Article

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