Although a growing body of literature has emerged to study medical tourism and address the
policy challenges it creates for national health care systems, the comparative scholarship on …

Medical tourism is a growing phenomenon with policy implications for health systems,
particularly of destination countries. Private actors and governments in Southeast Asia are …

Faced with long waiting lists, the high cost of elective treatment and fewer barriers to travel,
the idea of availing healthcare in another country is gaining greater appeal to many. The …

Medical tourism has never been new in history. What is new is the recognition of its
emergence i) as a global medical business potentially challenging the dominance of health …

To date, the literature on medical tourism has focused almost exclusively on international
medical tourism, or medical services outsourced to other countries. However, there are a …

Background Medical tourism is now targeted by many hospitals and governments worldwide
for further growth and investment. Southeast Asia provides what is perhaps the best …

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 …

One manifestation of globalization is medical tourism. As its implications remain largely
unknown, we reviewed claimed benefits and risks. Driven by high health-care costs, long …

Since the early 1990s, medical tourism, whereby individuals choose to travel across national
borders or overseas to receive treatments, has been increasingly recognized in the United …

Abstract In October 2016, the Global Healthcare Policy and Management Forum was held at
Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea. The goal of the forum was to discuss the role of the …