Medical Tourism Research Center
PO Box 1510
Pembroke, NC 28372
Phone: 910.521.6592
Email: mtrc@uncp.edu
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Hazarika, Indrajit (2010). Medical tourism: its potential impact on the health workforce and health systems in India. Health Policy and Planning 25(3): 248-251.
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Karp, L. (2008). Medical travel: Global Impact and local response. Health Policy Newsletter 21(4), 6.
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Milstein, A., & Smith, M. (2007). Will the surgical world become flat? Health Affairs. 26(1), 137-141.
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Ramirez de Arellano, Annette B. (2007). Patients without borders: the emergence of medical tourism. International Journal of Health Services 37(1): 193-198.
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