ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Medical, Health and Wellness Tourism Research-A Review of the Literature (1970-2020) and Research Agenda.
Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- First Systematic Review on Health Communication Using the CiteSpace Software in China: Exploring Its Research Hotspots and Frontiers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
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- Developing a multidimensional scale of healing tourism experiences based on a mixed methods approach.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Ethical considerations regarding medical tourism in Iran: a qualitative study.Journal of medical ethics and history of medicine · 2026Article
- Mending a World of Problems: 12-Year Review of Medical Tourism Inbound Complications in a Tertiary Centre.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2025Article
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- Cross-border healthcare-seeking and utilization behaviours among ethnic minorities: exploring the nexus of the perceived better option and public health concerns.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Healthcare Facilities and Medical Tourism Across the World: A Bibliometric Analysis.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2024Review
- A longevity level-oriented wellness target area identification method: a case study of Yunnan Province, China.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Knowledge and attitude of students of medical sciences universities regarding health tourism: A cross-sectional study.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Health and Wellness Tourists' Motivation and Behavior Intention: The Role of Perceived Value.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- A Study on Market Segmentation According to Wellness Tourism Motivation and Differences in Behavior between the Groups-Focusing on Satisfaction, Behavioral Intention, and Flow.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Tourism as a Tool in Nature-Based Mental Health: Progress and Prospects Post-Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Empirical Research into the Development Mechanism of Industry Innovation of Health and Wellness Tourism in the Context of the Sharing Economy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Research trends in college students' sleep from 2012 to 2021: A bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Patients with Chronic Diseases Who Travel: Need for Global Access to Timely Health Care Data.Clinical epidemiology · 2022Article
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5 authors.
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Abstract
Medical, health and wellness tourism and travel represent a dynamic and rapidly growing multi-disciplinary economic activity and field of knowledge. This research responds to earlier calls to integrate research on travel medicine and tourism. It critically reviews the literature published on these topics over a 50-year period (1970 to 2020) using CiteSpace software. Some 802 articles were gathered and analyzed from major databases including the Web of Science and Scopus. Markets (demand and behavior), destinations (development and promotion), and development environments (policies and impacts) emerged as the main three research themes in medical-health-wellness tourism. Medical-health-wellness tourism will integrate with other care sectors and become more embedded in policy-making related to sustainable development, especially with regards to quality of life initiatives. A future research agenda for medical-health-tourism is discussed.
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