Background Medical tourism is understood as travel abroad with the intention of obtaining
non-emergency medical services. This practice is the subject of increasing interest, but little …

Background Medical tourism involves patients intentionally leaving their home country to
access non-emergency health care services abroad. Growth in the popularity of this practice …

Health and medical tourism: a kill or cure for global public health? | Emerald Insight Books and
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The practice of medical tourism depends on successfully informing potential patients about
procedure options, treatment facilities, tourism opportunities, travel arrangements, and …

Based on systematic observation and analysis of available evidence, we propose a typology
of cross-border patient mobility (rather than the so-called 'medical tourism') defined as the …

Patients are crossing national borders in search of affordable and timely health care. Many
medical tourism companies are now involved in organizing cross-border health services …

Medical and health tourism is one of the fastest growing areas of academic research interest
this century in both tourism and health and medical studies (De Arellano 2007; Reed 2008; …

Medical tourism (MT) is a promising industry that has shown significant growth in the past
few decades. Patients often travel abroad to seek treatment, conventional and otherwise due …

Background Medical tourism describes the private purchase and arrangement of medical
care by patients across international borders. Increasing numbers of medical facilities in …

Delays for medical interventions such as hip and knee replacements, spinal surgery, and
ophthalmologic procedures are a serious problem in Canada. Federal and provincial …