A bilingual systematic review of South Korean medical tourism: a need to rethink policy and priorities for public health?

Xu Q, Purushothaman V, Cuomo RE, Mackey TK

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DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-10642-x
Published: 2021 Apr 6
Container: BMC public health
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@article{allodium:10.1186/s12889-021-10642-x,
  title = {A bilingual systematic review of South Korean medical tourism: a need to rethink policy and priorities for public health?},
  author = {Xu Q and Purushothaman V and Cuomo RE and Mackey TK},
  year = {2021},
  journal = {BMC public health},
  doi = {10.1186/s12889-021-10642-x},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10642-x}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - A bilingual systematic review of South Korean medical tourism: a need to rethink policy and priorities for public health?
AU  - Xu Q
AU  - Purushothaman V
AU  - Cuomo RE
AU  - Mackey TK
PY  - 2021
JO  - BMC public health
DO  - 10.1186/s12889-021-10642-x
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10642-x
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Q, X., V, P., RE, C., & TK, M. (2021). A bilingual systematic review of South Korean medical tourism: a need to rethink policy and priorities for public health?. BMC public health. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10642-x

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