TY - JOUR

T1 - Spatio-temporal dynamics of the global medical tourism

AU - Chistobaev, Anatoliy I.

AU - Semenova, Zoya A.

N1 - Funding Information: The reported study was funded by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research according to the research project № 18-05-00328а ”Theory and methodology of integral assessment of the health status of the population in the changing socio-geographical conditions of habitat”. Publisher Copyright: © 2018. ASERS Publishing. All rights reserved. Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

PY - 2018/3/1

Y1 - 2018/3/1

N2 - The study focuses on the emergence and development of medical tourism at the global and country levels. Article provides a definition of a medical tourism, reveals the stages of its formation – from the origin at ancient cultures to modern high technologies of biomedicine. The country ranking results held on the basis of an integrated index, featuring the assessment of the level of equipment at the medical infrastructure, the maintenance of hospitals, the availability of qualified specialists is discussed. The best practices of medical tourism are analyzed. It is shown that due to lower prices and higher service quality, the geographic vector of those wishing to receive treatment abroad is shifting to Asian countries. The need to strengthen the attention of government agencies to the development of medical tourism in the public and private health sectors is noted.

AB - The study focuses on the emergence and development of medical tourism at the global and country levels. Article provides a definition of a medical tourism, reveals the stages of its formation – from the origin at ancient cultures to modern high technologies of biomedicine. The country ranking results held on the basis of an integrated index, featuring the assessment of the level of equipment at the medical infrastructure, the maintenance of hospitals, the availability of qualified specialists is discussed. The best practices of medical tourism are analyzed. It is shown that due to lower prices and higher service quality, the geographic vector of those wishing to receive treatment abroad is shifting to Asian countries. The need to strengthen the attention of government agencies to the development of medical tourism in the public and private health sectors is noted.

KW - Clinic

KW - Health resort

KW - Medical tourism

KW - Public health

KW - Sanatorium

KW - Spa

KW - Treatment

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U2 - 10.14505/jemt.v9.2(26).06

DO - 10.14505/jemt.v9.2(26).06

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85052078603

VL - 9

SP - 267

EP - 275

JO - Journal of Environmental Management and Tourism

JF - Journal of Environmental Management and Tourism

SN - 2068-7729

IS - 2

ER -