The practice of medical tourism depends on successfully informing potential patients about
procedure options, treatment facilities, tourism opportunities, travel arrangements, and …

Background Medical tourism companies play an important role in promoting transnational
medical travel for elective, out-of-pocket medical procedures. Though researchers are …

In the past two decades, medical tourism has seemed to define cross-border travel for
medical care. An ebullient expression of late capitalism, in the heady days before the Global …

The current study directly surveyed consumers on their experiences and consideration of
medical tourism to test the variables thought to impact medical tourism. The sample was …

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

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 …

The medical tourism industry in Malaysia has grown drastically over the past ten years. This
research seeks to determine the demographics of the medical tourists that are visiting …

Background The medical tourism industry, which assists patients with accessing non-
emergency medical care abroad, has grown rapidly in recent years. A lack of reliable data …

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 …

Background The study examined the implications of inward and outward flows of private
patients for the NHS across a range of specialties and services. Objectives To generate a …