title: An American physician's foray into Scandinavian healthcare.
abstract: The article describes the experience of the author, an American Physician, seeking care for an uncommon orthopedic condition. Unable to find adequate treatment in the United States, the author traveled to Finland for surgical treatment.
authors.affiliation: The Hospital of Central Connecticut, USA robgendler@att.net.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gendler
mesh_terms: D005387:Finland; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D057193:Medical Tourism; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D052256:Tendinopathy / Q000601:surgery*; D014481:United States
keywords: Cost of open hamstring repair; United States healthcare; high hamstring tendinopathy; medical economics; universal healthcare