Medical tourism: a cost or benefit to the NHS?
'Medical Tourism' - the phenomenon of people travelling abroad to access medical treatment - has received increasing attention in academic and popular media. This paper reports findings from a study examining effect of inbound and outbound medical tourism on the UK NHS, by estimating volum...
Main Authors: | Johanna Hanefeld, Daniel Horsfall, Neil Lunt, Richard Smith |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24204556/?tool=EBI |
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