“…Previous studies have sought to understand the motivation for seeking medical treatment abroad, and foreign patient satisfaction rates with Hungarian healthcare (3,4,(22)(23)(24)(25). Based on these studies the key motivations include the good cost/benefit ratio (affordable prices), good quality of care, the possibility of combining treatment with holidays, high accessibility, availability of special or joint treatments, high level of trust and pleasant previous treatment experiences (10,15,(22)(23)(24). As widely known, many patients seek dental care in Hungary -mostly in private provision - (22)(23)(24)(25), but nowadays other fields started gaining more attention, such as orthopaedic care (6,15).…”