South-South medical tourism and the quest for health in Southern Africa

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue , 2014, Pages 313-320

  Crush, Jonathan ^a,b   Chikanda, Abel ^a  

^a BALSILLIE SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Medical tourism; Migration; South Africa; South South; Transnational healthcare

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; INTERNAL MIGRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOURISM; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOME; MEDICAL TOURISM; MIGRATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TRAVEL; AFRICA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA;

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MEDICAL TOURISM; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TERTIARY HEALTHCARE;

EID: 84920269847     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.06.025     Document Type: Article

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