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Population Health Implications of Medical Tourism
- Source :
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 140:66-74
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2017.
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Abstract
- Background:Fifteen million U.S. patients each year seek medical care abroad; however, there are no data on outcomes and follow-up of these procedures. This study aims to identify, evaluate, and survey patients presenting with complications from aesthetic procedures abroad and estimate their cost to
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
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Medical tourism
Retrospective cohort study
Population health
030230 surgery
Medical care
Fifteen million
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Family medicine
Medicine
Surgery
Young adult
business
human activities
health care economics and organizations
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Details
- ISSN :
- 00321052
- Volume :
- 140
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........a825dac06d8292a98d2b2687890aeaa1