Where is the policy? A bibliometric analysis of the state of policy research on medical tourism

A Virani, AM Wellstead, M Howlett - Global health research and policy, 2020 - Springer
Background It is imperative that researchers studying medical tourism connect their work
with policy, so that its real-world challenges can be better understood, and more effectively …

Evidence on global medical travel

K Ruggeri, L Záliš, CR Meurice, I Hilton… - Bulletin of the World …, 2015 - SciELO Public Health
The potential benefits of travelling across national borders to obtain medical treatment
include improved care, decreased costs and reduced waiting times. However, medical travel …

[HTML][HTML] The rise of post-truth populism in pluralist liberal democracies: challenges for health policy

E Speed, R Mannion - International journal of health policy and …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Recent years have witnessed the rise of populism and populist leaders, movements and
policies in many pluralist liberal democracies, with Brexit and the election of Trump the two …

[HTML][HTML] Influential factors of intercity patient mobility and its network structure in China

J Ding, C Yang, Y Wang, P Li, F Wang, Y Kang… - Cities, 2023 - Elsevier
Intercity patient mobility reflects the geographic mismatch between healthcare resources
and the population, and has rarely been studied with big data at large spatial scales. In this …

Enhancing intercity transportation will improve the equitable distribution of high-quality health care in China

H Zhang, BB Zhou, S Liu, G Hu, X Meng, X Liu, H Shi… - Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the implementation of the patient-mobility policy and the development of intercity
transportation in China, interprovincial patient mobility has become an important …

[图书][B] The Routledge handbook of health tourism

MK Smith, L Puczkó - 2016 - books.google.com
The Routledge Handbook of Health Tourism provides a comprehensive and cutting-edge
overview of the philosophical, conceptual and managerial issues in the field of health …

Exploring the challenges for medical tourism in the United Arab Emirates during the Covid-19 pandemic era: a stakeholder perspective

AA Okasha, F Haq, A Medhekar… - Worldwide Hospitality and …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper explores medical tourism development challenges in the United Arab
Emirates (UAE) pre-and during Covid-19. Medical tourism is becoming a dynamic, rapid …

Determining how far an adult rare disease patient needs to travel for a definitive diagnosis: a cross-sectional examination of the 2018 national rare disease survey in …

X Yan, S He, D Dong - … Journal of Environmental Research and Public …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: To investigate the multidimensional difficulties in accessing a definitive
diagnosis of adult rare diseases and the associated impact factors in China. Methods: A total …

Cross-city patient mobility and healthcare equity and efficiency: Evidence from Hefei, China

X Yan, L Shan, S He, J Zhang - Travel Behaviour and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent studies on healthcare accessibility have made use of medical records to study the
actual patient mobility and its implications for healthcare governance. Drawing on 39,067 …

Definition of a new type of tourism niche—The geriatric tourism

SI Tsartsara - International Journal of Tourism Research, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, a new type of tourism, the geriatric tourism, will be initiated for further research
as a separate niche from health, medical, or wellness tourism, and it will be proven that the …