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Drivers of Medical Travel at the National Level

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Chapter 4 contains the first empirical investigation of drivers of medical travel at the national level. The author proposes a gravity model, provides an introduction to its theoretical underpinnings and discusses its assumptions and applicability to medical travel. A dynamic extension of the gravity model allows the investigation of candidate drivers including cultural proximity, networks and word-of-mouth. Various specifications test the robustness of the results.

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