The main paths of medical tourism: From transplantation to beautification

Chuang, Thomas C.; Liu, John S.; Lu, Louis Y. Y.; Lee, Yachi

doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2014.03.016

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“…The existing literature on medical travel emphasizes economic interests 6 , 17 , 23 , 48 . Below, we discuss international quality standards, the motivation of medical travellers and the legal and economic situation relevant to medical travel.…”

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Evidence on global medical travel

Ruggeri

Záliš

Meurice

et al. 2015

Bull. World Health Organ.

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The potential benefits of travelling across national borders to obtain medical treatment include improved care, decreased costs and reduced waiting times. However, medical travel involves additional risks, compared to obtaining treatment domestically. We review the publicly-available evidence on medical travel. We suggest that medical travel needs to be understood in terms of its potential risks and benefits so that it can be evaluated against alternatives by patients who are seeking care. We propose three domains –quality standards, informed decision-making, economic and legal protection – in which better evidence could support the development of medical travel policies.

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Evidence on global medical travel

Ruggeri

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Meurice

et al. 2015

Bull. World Health Organ.

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“…Shopping abroad for medical care is not a new trend, yet despite being an expression of luxury and entitlement (Connell 2015), it may also become a necessity especially when patients are faced with unreliable, strained or expensive healthcare systems in their countries of origin. The Chinese have been heading to South Korea for cosmetic surgery, Germans for spa treatments and dental care to Hungary at considerably lower costs, Iraqis to Lebanon for essential medical procedures not anymore available in their home country, while North Americans have long traveled to Latin American destinations like Argentina or Brazil to undergo cosmetic surgeries that are not covered by their insurance policies (Chuang et al 2014;Connell 2015;Jones and Keith 2006;Viladrich and Baron-Faust 2011). Yet to cross national borders for the treatment of serious medical conditions as a mass phenomenon is more recent and is emblematic of a trend stemming from a necessity for medical care that cannot be accessed at home because of lacking or inadequate medical infrastructure, high out of pocket medical costs as well as rising insurance premiums that prompt patients to seek treatment elsewhere (Milstein and Smith 2006).…”

Section: Medical Tourism To India and Beyond: Russian Speaking Patienmentioning

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“…Yet to cross national borders for the treatment of serious medical conditions as a mass phenomenon is more recent and is emblematic of a trend stemming from a necessity for medical care that cannot be accessed at home because of lacking or inadequate medical infrastructure, high out of pocket medical costs as well as rising insurance premiums that prompt patients to seek treatment elsewhere (Milstein and Smith 2006). Hence, in recent years a number of countries have emerged as healthcare destinations with highly stratified patient groups, among them Germany, Hungary, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, as well as the United Kingdom (Chuang et al 2014;Connell 2013;. In recent years, India became a stakeholder in this industry as well, promising comprehensive care at a worldclass care level and with affordable prices (Crooks et al 2011).…”

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The Role of the Russian Language in India’s Healthcare Sector

Suryanarayan

2017

Vestn. Ross. univ. družby nar., Ser. Lingvist.

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Abstract. The last few years have seen the influx of a new kind of tourist to India -medical tourists, coming in search of good quality and affordable treatments for a variety of medical procedures. With a large number of patients coming from Russia and countries of the former Soviet Union, the demand for local people with knowledge of Russian is steadily rising. Through ethnographic field work, which includes participant observations and interviews, this paper traces the development of the use of Russian in large private hospitals in Delhi, which have started attracting patients from the former Soviet Republics for medical services. The aim of the present paper is to introduce a pilot study of a relatively new sphere of economic activity where commodification of Russian language is acquiring a prominent place in India. My goal is to examine how Russian provides an added value to these hospitals in terms of the clientele they attract and how well it works for the clients themselves. In addressing these issues the paper aims to reveal the specific conditions and processes that characterize the use of Russian in 'medical tourism' in India and the motivation of the personnel involved. The results of the study indicate that commodification of the Russian language in India is an expanding phenomenon.

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“…In terms of methodology, we adopted ''main path analysis'' and ''edge-betweenness based clustering'' tools that enable us to portray the evolution process and research fronts of shareholder activism. Main path analysis helps us to scrutinize the development of various scientific disciplines (Chen et al 2013;Spekman et al 1998;Barberá-Tomás et al 2011;Liu and Lu 2012;Liu et al 2013a, b;Lu and Liu 2013a, b;Chuang et al 2014;Lu et al 2012;Verspagen 2007) and has been proven effective for literature analysis. Edge-betweenness based clustering is also a useful tool for identifying the major research fronts in a scientific field.…”

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Exploring the research fronts and main paths of literature: a case study of shareholder activism research

Vincent

Liu

2016

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As a relatively young and vibrant discipline, shareholder activism has evolved to become a critical element of corporate governance research. While both finance and law scholars have revealed strong interest on shareholder activism, the heterogeneity in the research concentration of these two fields makes shareholder activism a fragmented discipline. We believe it would be interesting and insightful to conduct a citation-based analysis through the case study encompassing related articles on this topic published in both finance and law journals. We have adopted main path analysis to map out the evolution and research fronts of shareholder activism spanning over 30 years. The results indicated that shareholder activism research has developed in several stages: discussions on theoretical foundation, explorations on the ''shareholder activism versus firm performance'' correlation, the exceptions to the ''oneshare, one-vote'' rule, the emergence of hedge fund activism research, and the recent ''say-onpay'' campaigns. Edge-betweenness based clustering was used to categorize the citation network into coherent groups, with the most popular themes for the period 2003-2013 including ''pressure and monitoring from institutional investors'', ''shareholder activism in CSR and climate change'', ''say-on-pay movement and board responsiveness'', and ''shareholder voting and shareholder rights''. The trends are also discussed herein. This case study should contribute to future studies in both the practical and academic arenas.

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The main paths of medical tourism: From transplantation to beautification

Cited by 100 publications

References 35 publications

Evidence on global medical travel

Evidence on global medical travel

The Role of the Russian Language in India’s Healthcare Sector

Exploring the research fronts and main paths of literature: a case study of shareholder activism research

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