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ArticleInternational journal of health policy and management2015

International patients on operation vacation: medical refuge and health system crisis Comment on "International patients on operation vacation - perspectives of patients travelling to Hungary for orthopaedic treatments".

Neil Lunt

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Article in International journal of health policy and management, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Informed patient choice in treatment abroad - A response to recent commentaries.International journal of health policy and management · 2015
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Neil LuntDepartment of Social Policy and Social Work, University of York, Heslington, York, UK.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An understanding of patient mobility, international patients and medical tourism includes supply and demand side considerations. As well as micro-level reports of motivation and satisfaction we must acknowledge broader system-level dynamics. Exploring these may unearth more complex geographies of patient travel.

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HungaryInternational PatientsMedical TourismRomania

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PMID25905486
PMCPMC4417639

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