Medical tourism: its research and implications for public health

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00179906:_____/20:10422438

Result on the web

<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32997479/" target="_blank" >https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32997479/</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.21101/cejph.a5744" target="_blank" >10.21101/cejph.a5744</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Medical tourism: its research and implications for public health

Original language description

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&apos;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.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50901 - Other social sciences

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Central European journal of public health

ISSN

1210-7778

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

28

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

4

Pages from-to

226-229

UT code for WoS article

000608444000009

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85092509175