Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria: a product of globalization

PM Hawkey - Journal of Hospital Infection, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Global trade and mobility of people has increased rapidly over the last 20 years. This has
had profound consequences for the evolution and the movement of antibiotic resistance …

Medical tourism: A snapshot of evidence on treatment abroad

N Lunt, D Horsfall, J Hanefeld - Maturitas, 2016‏ - Elsevier
The sco** review focuses on medical tourism, whereby consumers elect to travel across
borders or to overseas destinations to receive their treatment. Such treatments include …

Why do medical tourists travel to where they do? The role of networks in determining medical travel

J Hanefeld, N Lunt, R Smith, D Horsfall - Social Science & Medicine, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Evidence on medical tourism, including patient motivation, is increasing. Existing studies
have focused on identifying push and pull factors across different types of treatment, for …

South–South medical tourism and the quest for health in Southern Africa

J Crush, A Chikanda - Social Science & Medicine, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Intra-regional South–South medical tourism is a vastly understudied subject despite
its significance in many parts of the Global South. This paper takes issue with the …

Medical tourism in Thailand: a cross-sectional study

T Noree, J Hanefeld, R Smith - Bulletin of the World Health …, 2015‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective To investigate the magnitude and characteristics of medical tourism in Thailand
and the impact of such tourism on the Thai health system and economy. Methods In 2010 …

Medical tourism and national health care systems: an institutionalist research agenda

D Béland, A Zarzeczny - Globalization and health, 2018‏ - Springer
Although a growing body of literature has emerged to study medical tourism and address the
policy challenges it creates for national health care systems, the comparative scholarship on …

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all? A critical content analysis on medical tourism

H Rodrigues, A Brochado, M Troilo, A Mohsin - Tourism Management …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Medical tourism continues to grow as the Internet helps individuals make appropriate
choices and informed decisions. This study investigated two areas of medical tourism …

Where is the policy? A bibliometric analysis of the state of policy research on medical tourism

A Virani, AM Wellstead, M Howlett - Global health research and policy, 2020‏ - Springer
Background It is imperative that researchers studying medical tourism connect their work
with policy, so that its real-world challenges can be better understood, and more effectively …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainable approaches to medical tourism: strategies for central Macedonia/Greece

G Tsekouropoulos, A Vasileiou, G Hoxha, A Dimitriadis… - Sustainability, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
The study of health and medical tourism is a multifaceted and intricate field. Nevertheless, it
is a swiftly expanding global industry with considerable economic prospects. This sector …

The relationships among tourism development, energy demand, and growth factors in developed and develo** countries

I Ozturk - International Journal of Sustainable Development & …, 2016‏ - Taylor & Francis
The objective of the study is to explore the different factors that affect tourism development in
the panel of 34 developed and develo** countries, over the period of 2005–2013. Energy …