Canadian physicians’ responses to cross border health care

Canadian physicians’ responses to cross border health care

BACKGROUND The idea for this survey emanated from desk research and two meetings for researchers that discussed medical tourism and out-of-country health care, which were convened by some of the authors of this article (VR, CP and RL). METHODS A Cross Border Health Care Survey was drafted by a number of the authors and administered to Canadian physicians via the Canadian Medical Association's...

Reflections on Health Tourism and Cross-Border Health Care

Public Provision and Cross-Border Health Care

We study how the optimal public provision of health care depends on whether or not individuals have an option to seek publicly financed treatment in other regions. We find that, relative to the first-best solution, the government has an incentive to over-provide health care to low-income individuals. When crossborder health care takes place, this incentive is solely explained by that overprovis...

Health practices of Canadian physicians.

OBJECTIVE To study the health and health practices of Canadian physicians, which can often influence patient health. DESIGN Mailed survey. SETTING Canada. PARTICIPANTS A random sample of 8100 Canadian physicians; 7934 were found to be eligible and 3213 responded (40.5% response rate). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Factors that influence health, such as consumption of fruits and vegetables, amou...

Pnm-7: Cross-Border Reproductive Care or Fertility Tourism

Background: The fertility tourism is a term refers to the cross-border movements made by infertile patients in order to receive reproductive treatment through assisted reproductive technology. In recent years the number of countries involved in medical tourism has been increased. The aim of this study is to provide an overview of the research that has explored aspects of crossborder reproductiv...