Surgical tourism and the globalisation of healthcare

Healy, Catharina

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“…Com este respaldo político, já referido por diversos autores que realizaram a pesquisa sobre o tema (York, 2008;Reed, 2008;Lunt e Carrera, 2010;Healy, 2009), seria possibilitado às organizações participantes do cluster encaminhar projetos e solicitar providências junto a órgãos públicos, para promover condições favoráveis de acesso de pacientes estrangeiros aos serviços de saúde ofertados, com destaque à mediação da relação com a cadeia de turismo e hospitalidade da capital.…”

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“…Para regular as relações entre as quatro organizações foi construído o estatuto, que contém as regras que devem ser observadas pelas empresas participantes, bem como estabelece os critérios de admissão e desligamento destes do grupo. Além disso, o estatuto prevê medidas disciplinares para o participante que vier a desrespeitar alguma das cláusulas estatuárias (Healy, 2009;Hall, 2011).…”

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“…A aprendizagem interorganizacional está no centro das práticas de inovação, notadamente em atividades intensivas de conhecimento, como é o caso do setor da saúde (Borman, 2004;Healy, 2009).…”

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“…Tradicionalmente equiparado ao sacerdócio, pelo caráter social, o segmento de saúde, em especial em instituições públicas, sempre foi refratário a quaisquer formas de monetarização dos serviços e, também ou consequentemente, à adoção de métodos e técnicas mais avançadas de gestão. Mesmo nas instituições privadas de saúde foi possível perceber que a resistência, mesmo que velada, sempre existia, notadamente por profissionais diretamente vinculados à área operacional, como médicos e enfermeiros (Borman, 2004;Burkett, 2007;Healy, 2009;Otley, 2007).…”

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Análise reflexiva do turismo em saúde à luz da inovação

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Schreiber

Puffal

2016

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Resumo: O turismo em saúde, um fenômeno recente no Brasil, representa uma importante oportunidade de expansão para as instituições de saúde que possuem instalações, recursos humanos e tecnologia de excelên-cia. O presente trabalho desenvolve reflexão sobre esse mercado à luz de vertentes teóricas acerca da inovação, principalmente com base em Manual de Oslo, Tidd et al., Christensen e Miller e Morris. Com o propósito de subsidiar a análise foi conduzido o estudo multicaso em quatro instituições de saúde da região sul do Brasil. As evidências apontam que a participação da instituições no mercado de turismo em saúde propiciou que a inovação em produto, processo, marketing e organizacional fosse considerada um diferencial competitivo, gerado por uma nova concepção de negócio, redesenho de seus processos, adequação dos ambientes físicos, maior importância das áreas de marketing e gestão, gerando um reconhecimento externo, uma maior rede relacionamentos, cooperação entre os seus pares e atribuindo às instituições um padrão internacional de fornecimento de serviços.Palavras-chave: Turismo em saúde. Inovação. Hospitais. Saúde. Abstract: Medical tourism, although being considered a recent phenomenon in Brazil, still represents an important opportunity for institutions that have health facilities, human resources and advanced technological level. This work aims to develop a reflection about this market based under the innovation theoretical perspectives. In order to support this analysis was conducted a multi case study in four health institutions located in the

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“…Costs may result from overseas cosmetic surgery or dental work that requires emergency or remedial treatment within home countries (Cheung and Wilson, 2007, Jeevan and Armstrong, 2008, Healy, 2009. Infection outbreaks resulting from travel will also bring their own costs (cf Newman et al, 2005).…”

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Medical tourism raises questions that highlight the need for care and caution

Greenfield

Pawsey

2014

Medical Journal of Australia

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The opinions expressed and arguments employed here are the responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the OECD. 2 SUMMARY 1.The global growth in the flow of patients and health professionals as well as medical technology, capital funding and regulatory regimes across national borders has given rise to new patterns of consumption and production of healthcare services over recent decades. A significant new element of a growing trade in healthcare has involved the movement of patients across borders in the pursuit of medical treatment and health; a phenomenon commonly termed ‗medical tourism'. Medical tourism occurs when consumers elect to travel across international borders with the intention of receiving some form of medical treatment. This treatment may span the full range of medical services, but most commonly includes dental care, cosmetic surgery, elective surgery, and fertility treatment. There has been a shift towards patients from richer, more developed nations travelling to less developed countries to access health services, largely driven by the low-cost treatments available in the latter and helped by cheap flights and internet sources of information. 2.Despite high-profile media interest and coverage, there is a lack of hard research evidence on the role and impact of medical tourism for OECD countries. Whilst there is an increasing amount written on the subject of medical tourism, such material is hardly ever evidence-based. Medical tourism introduces a range of attendant risks and opportunities for patients. This review identifies the key emerging policy issues relating to the rise of ‗medical tourism'. 3.The review details what is currently known about the flow of medical tourists between countries and discusses the interaction of the demand for, and supply of, medical tourism services. It highlights the different organisations and groups involved in the industry, including the range of intermediaries and ancillary services that have grown up to service the industry. Treatment processes (including consideration of quality, safety and risk) and system-level implications for countries of origin and destination (financial issues; equity; and the impact on providers and professionals of medical tourism) are highlighted. The review examines harm, liability and redress in medical tourism services with a particular focus on the legal, ethical and quality-of-care considerations. 4.In light of this, our broad review outlines key health policy considerations, and draws attention to significant gaps in the research evidence. The central conclusion from this review is that there is a lack of systematic data concerning health services trade, both overall and at a disaggregated level in terms of individual modes of delivery, and of specific countries. This is both in terms of the trade itself, as well as its implications. Mechanisms are needed that help us track the balance of trade around medical tourism on a regular basis. The evidence base is scant to enable us to assess who benefi...

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Sustainable tourism development and globalization: Recent insights from the United States

Sharif

Ullah

Shahbaz

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Sustainable Development

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Our study explores the relationship between tourism and globalization (both overall, and in terms of three sub-indices, namely economic, social, and political globalization) in the United States (US) using monthly data from January 1995 to December 2017.We employ the quantile-on-quantile (QQ) regression technique for our analysis. The sample period of the present study allows the separate examination of the relationship between globalization and tourism both before the global financial crisis (1995)(1996)(1997)(1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007) and after (2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015)(2016)(2017). The findings suggest that in the US during the precrisis era, all the globalization indices and tourism are positively bidirectionally related. During the postcrisis period, all globalization indices positively affect tourism, but tourism has a negative effect on economic and political globalization. The theoretical and policy implications of the empirical findings are discussed.

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Surgical tourism and the globalisation of healthcare

Cited by 23 publications

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Análise reflexiva do turismo em saúde à luz da inovação

Análise reflexiva do turismo em saúde à luz da inovação

Medical tourism raises questions that highlight the need for care and caution

Sustainable tourism development and globalization: Recent insights from the United States

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