ReviewBulletin of the World Health Organization2015
Evidence on global medical travel.
Review in Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed.
- Pediatric Medical Tourism: International Patients Seeking Treatment in the United States for Malignancy and Serious Hematologic Disorders. A Review of the St Jude Experience.JCO global oncology · 2025Article
- Indonesian Patients' Experiences and Emotional Attachment to Healthcare Services Abroad: A Qualitative Study.Patient preference and adherence · 2025Article
- The analysis of the medical tourism expansion policy in Taiwan: a policy analysis using Kingdon's multiple streams.Health research policy and systems · 2024Article
- Understanding and comparing the medical tourism cancer patient with the locally managed patient: A case control study.PloS one · 2022Article
- The north-south policy divide in transnational healthcare: a comparative review of policy research on medical tourism in source and destination countries.Globalization and health · 2020Review
- Motivational factors for choosing treatment destinations among the patients treated overseas from the United Arab Emirates: results from the knowledge, attitudes and perceptions survey 2012.Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines · 2019Article
- Government roles in regulating medical tourism: evidence from Guatemala.International journal for equity in health · 2018Article
- Editorial: Global Health and Medical Travel.Frontiers in public health · 2016Article
- Global Access to Health Care and Well-Being: A Place for Policy and Science.Frontiers in public health · 2016Article
- Key Considerations for an Economic and Legal Framework Facilitating Medical Travel.Frontiers in public health · 2016Review
- An Approach to Establishing International Quality Standards for Medical Travel.Frontiers in public health · 2016Review
- Global Health Policy and Access to Care: Investigating Patient Choice on an International Level Using Social Media.Frontiers in public health · 2015Article
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Authors and funding
7 authors.
Funding
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Abstract
The potential benefits of travelling across national borders to obtain medical treatment include improved care, decreased costs and reduced waiting times. However, medical travel involves additional risks, compared to obtaining treatment domestically. We review the publicly-available evidence on medical travel. We suggest that medical travel needs to be understood in terms of its potential risks and benefits so that it can be evaluated against alternatives by patients who are seeking care. We propose three domains -quality standards, informed decision-making, economic and legal protection - in which better evidence could support the development of medical travel policies.
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