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Providers’ perspectives on inbound medical tourism in Central America and the Caribbean: factors driving and inhibiting sector development and their health equity implications

Rory JohnstonDepartment of GeographySimon Fraser University, Burnaby, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Valorie A. CrooksDepartment of GeographySimon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
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Alejandro CerónDepartment of AnthropologyUniversity of Denver, Denver, CO, USA
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Ronald LabontéFaculty of MedicineUniversity of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
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Jeremy SnyderFaculty of Health SciencesSimon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
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Emanuel O. NúñezInstituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, México
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Walter G. FloresCentro de Estudios para la Equidad y Gobernanza en los Sistemas de Salud, Guatemala, Guatemala
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Article: 32760 | Received 29 Jun 2016, Accepted 11 Oct 2016, Published online: 21 Nov 2016

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