Erratum to: Cross-border movement of older patients: A descriptive study on health service use of Japanese retirees in Thailand [Globalization and Health 13, (2017) (23)] DOI: 10.1186/s12992-017-0241-9;Cross-border movement of older patients: A descriptive study on health service use of Japanese retirees in Thailand

Globalization and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Miyashita, Yumiko ^a   Akaleephan, Chutima ^a   Asgari Jirhandeh, Nima ^b   Sungyuth, Channarong ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Health service use; Japanese; Long stay tourism; Retirees; Thailand; Trade in health services

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TREATMENT; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELOCATION; RETIREMENT; TOURISM;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSULTATION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL TOURISM; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PENSIONER; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; TERMINAL CARE; THAILAND; TOOTH DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; JAPAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

BANGKOK; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; CHIANG MAI [CHIANG MAI (PRV)]; CHIANG MAI [NORTHERN REGION]; CHIANG RAI; KRUNG THEP MAHANAKHON; NORTHERN REGION [THAILAND]; PHUKET [PHUKET (ISL)]; PHUKET [SOUTHERN REGION]; SOUTHERN REGION; THAILAND;

AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THAILAND; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 85014829475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12992-017-0247-3     Document Type: Erratum

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