title: Medical mecca. Foreign patients flock to Miami seeking care and service.
abstract: Just like every place else in the U.S., hospitals in Miami are hurting for patients, one result of high managed-care penetration in the market. But the city's healthcare facilities have found an answer. Long an international center of business and tourism, Miami has become a medical mecca, catering to overseas patients who feel at home in the heavily foreign-flavored metropolitan area.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D002391:Catchment Area, Health / Q000191:economics; D005431:Florida; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007843:Latin America / Q000208:ethnology; D008389:Marketing of Health Services / Q000639:trends*; D013020:South America / Q000208:ethnology; D014195:Travel