What is known about the patient's experience of medical tourism? A scoping review
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- 8 September 2010
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Health Services Research
- Vol. 10 (1), 266
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-10-266
Abstract
Medical tourism is understood as travel abroad with the intention of obtaining non-emergency medical services. This practice is the subject of increasing interest, but little is known about its scope.Keywords
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