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“That’s enough patients for everyone!”: Local stakeholders’ views on attracting patients into Barbados and Guatemala’s emerging medical tourism sectors
BACKGROUND: Medical tourism has attracted considerable interest within the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region. Governments in the region tout the economic potential of treating foreign patients while several new private hospitals primarily target international patients. This analysis explores...
Autores principales: | Snyder, Jeremy, Crooks, Valorie A., Johnston, Rory, Cerón, Alejandro, Labonte, Ronald |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5055712/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27717389 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12992-016-0203-7 |
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