Medical Tourism (Emerging Industry Overview)

This paper provides an overview of the medical tourism industry, primarily in the United States, sometimes referred to as medical travel or health tourism.

Emerging Industry Overview: Medical Tourism

Industry Snapshot

Medical tourism (also called by the terms medical travel, health tourism, or global health care) was created as a term by travel agencies and the media to describe the rapidly growing practice of traveling into other countries to obtain health care. It may also refer to the instances of health care providers traveling out of the country to deliver health care services that cannot otherwise be received.

U.S. citizens used to travel internationally for cancer treatments not found here. However, now, typical treatments sought by travelers include elective procedures as well as complex...

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