Medical tourism in Thailand: A cross-sectional study;Le tourisme médical en Thaïlande: Étude transversale;Turismo sanitario en Tailandia: Un estudio transversal

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 30-36

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

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HOSPITAL SECTOR; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOURISM;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL TOURISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THAILAND; TRAVEL; COST; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INTERVIEW; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; THAILAND;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL TOURISM; THAILAND;

EID: 84953260718     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.14.152165     Document Type: Article

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