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Medical Tourism in Developing Countries
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This paper presents a meta-analysis of the literature on medical tourism and its applications in the oil and gas industry and investigates the demand for offshore doctors and the supply of medical tourism.Abstract:
Acknowledgments An Introduction to Medical Tourism Plastic Surgery is Not Peanuts: Economic Growth and Dependency Offshore Doctors: The Demand for Medical Tourism Would You Like a Safari With Your Lasik Surgery? The Supply of Medical Tourism Promoting Medical Tourism: The Advantages Promoting Medical Tourism: The Obstacles Inequalities in Healthcare and the Role of Macroeconomic Policy Referencesread more
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Contemporary medical tourism: Conceptualisation, culture and commodification
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What is known about the patient's experience of medical tourism? A scoping review
TL;DR: The need for additional research on numerous issues is demonstrated, including: understanding how multiple information sources are consulted and evaluated by patients before deciding upon medical tourism; examining how patients understand the risks of care abroad; and the push and pull factors, as well as the motives of patients to participate in medical tourism.
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Medical tourism today: What is the state of existing knowledge?
TL;DR: Data collection, measures, and studies of medical tourism all need to be greatly improved if countries are to assess better both the magnitude and potential health implications of this trade.
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