Background Continuous quality improvement of the hospital services is a basic requirement of medical tourism industry. The different dimensions of hospital services quality are assessed constantly to improve the service of medical tourism. The aim of this study was to determine the services quality of medical tourism in private and public hospitals. Methods In this cross-sectional study, the ...

BACKGROUND The number of Canadians who self-refer for bariatric surgery outside of Canada or to private clinics within Canada remains undefined. The outcomes from this questionable practice have not been evaluated systematically to date. METHODS We completed a chart review of known cases referred to our center for complications related to medical tourism and bariatric surgery. RESULTS We pr...

BACKGROUND Medical tourism describes the private purchase and arrangement of medical care by patients across international borders. Increasing numbers of medical facilities in countries around the world are marketing their services to a receptive audience of international patients, a phenomenon that has largely been made possible by the growth of the Internet. The growth of the medical tourism ...

health tourism is a form of travel in addition to recreation, leisure, comfort, health and medical care as well. this paper aims to assess the state of health tourism in the city of mashhad, from the perspective of foreign tourists, identify weaknesses in health tourism and health tourism adsorption process and provide medical services to foreign patients in mashhad compilation.research methods...

Medical tourism, where patients travel overseas for operations, has grown rapidly in the past decade, especially for cosmetic surgery. High costs and long waiting lists at home, new technology and skills in destination countries alongside reduced transport costs and Internet marketing have all played a role. Several Asian countries are dominant, but most countries have sought to enter the marke...

Introduction: Health tourism refers to any type of travelling seeking improvement of health condition. It can be treated like a national strategy toward increase of national income. The present study is an attempt to survey the factors in development of health tourism in Iran. Methods: The study is an analytical research and data used in the study were gl...

BACKGROUND Medical tourism is a growing phenomenon. This review of the literature maps current knowledge and discusses findings with reference to the UK National Health Service (NHS). METHODS Databases were systematically searched between September 2011 and March 2012 and 100 papers were selected for review. RESULTS The literature shows specific types of tourism depending on treatment, eg, ...