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An Integrative Review of Patients' Experience in the Medical Tourism.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Decision-making about bariatric and cosmetic medical tourism from countries with universal healthcare: a rapid systematic review.Globalization and health · 2026Pooled it
- Arab Medical Tourists in Iran: A Phenomenological Study of Lived Experience.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Video Consultations for Patients Traveling Internationally for Medical Care: An Observational Study of a Tertiary Hospital in South Korea.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Observational
- Understanding the multidimensional role of medical travel facilitators: A study on competencies and a proposed model.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Healthcare Facilities and Medical Tourism Across the World: A Bibliometric Analysis.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2024Review
- The lived experience of Chinese medical tourists receiving cancer care: A qualitative study.Nursing open · 2023Article
- Experiences of oncology healthcare personnel in international medical service quality: a phenomenological study.BMC nursing · 2023Article
- What will the ambitions of primary healthcare be in the 21The Pan African medical journal · 2022Article
- Lessons from COVID-19's impact on medical tourism in Cambodia.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2021Article
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- Assessing the Risks of China's Medical Tourism from the Legal Perspective.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2020Article
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Abstract
Medical tourism has emerged as an industry due to the constantly improved information technology and decreasing cost for transportation. Evidence on how medical tourists develop their medical travel and their experience keeps growing. This article aims to provide an integrative review to understand medical tourism from the patients' perspective. PRISMA procedures were followed. All the literature was published from January 1, 2009, to May 4, 2019, in peer-reviewed journals in CINAHL and MEDLINE/PubMed. Johns Hopkins Nursing evidence level and quality guide were used to evaluate evidence level. Twenty-one studies including 8 quantitative, 10 qualitative, and 3 mix-method studies were reviewed. Low cost, short waiting list, quality, and procedures available were the motivators to treatment abroad. The Internet, former tourists' testimonial, and physician and facilitators' advice were the predominant resources consulted. Perceived value of medical quality directly affected patients' overall satisfaction. Our integrative review has led to the identification of many factors related to medical tourist's experience. We suggest further empirical researches on (1) the patients' decision-making process of motivators and barriers, (2) the factors related to patients' experience on the health care quality, and (3) the strategies to ensure the continuity of care.
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