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The economic burden of overseas medical treatment: a cross sectional study of Maldivian medical travelers
BACKGROUND: Access to tertiary care is a problem common to many small states, especially island ones. Although medical treatment overseas (MTO) may result in cost savings to high income countries, it can be a relatively high cost for low and middle income source countries. The purpose of this study...
Autores principales: | Suzana, Mariyam, Mills, Anne, Tangcharoensathien, Viroj, Chongsuvivatwong, Virasakdi |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4583732/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26409472 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-1054-2 |
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