| Medical travel: what it means, why it matters. | |
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PMID: 20182968 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Markets for medical travel have grown immensely in the past few years. They have attracted the attention not only of healthcare consumers, providers, and payors but also of scholars from various disciplines. This editorial demonstrates some of the ways that anthropology can contribute to current efforts to better understand medical travel. Such contributions have more than important academic implications. Properly packaged, anthropological work on medical travel can be of great value to policymakers and program planners as they grapple with the changes that geographically and subjectively new patterns of healthcare procurement entail. |
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Authors:
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Elisa J Sobo |
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Type: Editorial |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Medical anthropology Volume: 28 ISSN: 1545-5882 ISO Abbreviation: Med Anthropol Publication Date: 2009 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-02-25 Completed Date: 2010-08-23 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7707343 Medline TA: Med Anthropol Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 326-35 Citation Subset: IM |
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Health Care Costs* Humans Insurance, Health / economics Internationality* Patient Advocacy Sociology, Medical Travel / economics* United States |
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