Government roles in regulating medical tourism: evidence from Guatemala
Abstract Background Regulation of the medical tourism and public health sectors overlap in many instances, raising questions of how patient safety, economic growth, and health equity can be protected. The case of Guatemala is used to explore how the regulatory challenges posed by medical tourism sho...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-09-01
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Series: | International Journal for Equity in Health |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-018-0866-1 |