The scoping review focuses on medical tourism, whereby consumers elect to travel across
borders or to overseas destinations to receive their treatment. Such treatments include …

The review focuses on one growing dimension of health care globalisation–medical tourism,
whereby consumers elect to travel across borders or to overseas destinations to receive …

Background Medical tourism (MT) is an increasingly utilized modality for acquiring medical
treatment for patients globally. This review assimilates the current literature regarding MT …

Background Medical tourism is a growing phenomenon. This review of the literature maps
current knowledge and discusses findings with reference to the UK National Health Service …

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 …

Background: Medical tourism, foreign travel for the purpose of seeking medical treatment, is
an important new development in healthcare. Medical tourism is a world-wide, multibillion …

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'–the phenomenon of people travelling abroad to access medical treatment-
has received increasing attention in academic and popular media. This paper reports …

It is estimated that over 50,000 individuals from the UK each year elect to fund their own
treatment abroad. Such treatments commonly include cosmetic and dental surgery; cardio …

Medical tourism is commonly perceived and popularly depicted as an economic issue, both
at the system and individual levels. The decision to engage in medical tourism, however, is …