MEDICAL TOURISM: ITS RESEARCH AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH

被引:12
作者
Klimova, Blanka [1 ]
Kuca, Kamil [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Hradec Kralove, Fac Informat & Management, Dept Appl Linguist, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
[2] Univ Hosp Hradec Kralove, Biomed Res Ctr, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
[3] Univ Hradec Kralove, Fac Informat & Management, Ctr Basic & Appl Res, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
关键词
medical tourism; research; trends; barriers; implications; FACILITATORS; DESTINATION; ONLINE; IMPACT; TRAVEL; TRUST; MODEL;
D O I
10.21101/cejph.a5744
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Objective: The purpose of this article is to describe current research trends in medical tourism and implications for public health, especially in destination countries. Methods: The methods used for this article include a literature review of available sources on the research topic in the world's acknowledged databases Web of Science, Scopus, MEDLINE, and ScienceDirect. Results: The findings indicate that there is no consensus on the definition of medical tourism. However, there are a few conceptual models which can be used in further medical tourism research and practice. The findings also reveal that there are still certain issues, which hinder the fast growth of medical tourism, such as unclear impact on healthcare systems, ethical concerns or a lack of effective tools for the measurement of quality assurance of the medical tourism services and their products. Conclusions: There is a need for data collection on medical tourism, both at national and worldwide level to provide a realistic picture of this evolving field of tourism as well as implications for public health in destination countries.
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页码:226 / 229
页数:4
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