ReviewFrontiers in health services2024
A review of the United Arab Emirates healthcare systems on medical tourism and accreditation.
Review in Frontiers in health services, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Comparison of life expectancy determinants among gulf cooperation council members.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Physical rehabilitation program for cardiorespiratory health and quality of life among breast cancer survivors in UAE: a randomized control trial.BMC cancer · 2025Trial
- Family Medicine in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: Perspectives, Directions, and Future Opportunities; A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Is one midwife per birthing mother an achievable goal? Education and leadership pathways for midwifery models of care in the Middle East.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Review
- Beyond health economics: economic growth, artificial intelligence, and environmental externalities in shaping life expectancy.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Co-Producing Health Quality Management Improvements in Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, and Obesity Care in UAE: A Multi-Phase Study Protocol.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Health quality management practises for cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and obesity care in the UAE: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Complete heart block following anaphylactic reaction to computed tomography contrast agent: A case report.Qatar medical journal · 2025Article
- Factors Influencing Public Attitudes and Willingness to Utilize Telepharmacy Services in the UAE.International journal of telemedicine and applications · 2024Article
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Abstract
This paper aims to review the healthcare system in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the utilisation of international accreditation to improve the quality of healthcare services and to grow its medical tourism industry. Medical tourism has contributed to the UAE's economy. Hence, the country mandated international accreditation in public and private facilities to attract patients and boost medical tourism. Accreditation is recognised worldwide as one of the main drivers for implementing quality and patient safety standards, which has sparked considerable interest in studying the effects and outcomes of such assessments. Therefore, the second aim of this paper is to review the UAE's strategic goals to improve the quality of healthcare services using international accreditation. Although striving to achieve global accreditation attracts tourists, it is essential to understand the needs and outcomes of such assessments. This review showed how the UAE healthcare sector has evolved to improve the quality of its healthcare services through accreditation. While enhancing the quality of such services and increasing the medical tourism industry provided many opportunities for expatriates to move to the UAE, the country should aim to strengthen its medical services by expanding to other Middle Eastern countries. This paper could influence policymakers implementing international accreditation in the UAE and the Middle Eastern region.
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