Medical tourism: Assessing the evidence on treatment abroad

Promoting medical tourism to India: Messages, images, and the marketing of international patient travel

“…However, current research is hampered by limited empirical analysis of the emergence of a global marketplace in health services (Crooks, Kingsbury et al, 2010;Hopkins, Labonté, Runnels, & Packer, 2010;Lunt & Carrera, 2010). By focusing here on the promotional material developed by destination facilities in India, we hope to make a meaningful contribution to careful, critical, and empirically-informed analyses of the medical tourism industry, the creation of a global market-place for health services, and the rise of India as a leading destination for international patients seeking care.…”

A Comprehensive Perspective on Medical Tourism Context and Create a Conceptual Framework

“…Furthermore, some researches focused on pull and push factor on destination choice behavior. [4][5][6]9,[15][16][17][18][19][20][21].…”

Are there implications for quality of care for patients who participate in international medical tourism?

“…Little is known about the relative clinical outcomes for particular treatments, providers, clinicians and localities. There is scant evidence on long-or short-term follow-up of medical tourists who return to their home countries following treatments at a range of destinations [1].…”

“…Although medical tourism spans the full spectrum of health services, most travel is restricted to a limited range of medical procedures, including cosmetic surgery, dental procedures, orthopedic surgery, cardiac surgery, fertility treatment, and organ and cellular transplantation [1,2].…”

“…Medical tourism can be considered as a form of patient mobility [1,11]. A key factor when classifying medical tourism is that individuals can identify their own healthcare needs and can select an appropriate provider to meet these needs at a given cost.…”