Medical tourism: Sea, sun, sand and . . . surgery
Medical tourism: Sea, sun, sand and . . . surgery
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DOI：
10.1016/j.tourman.2005.11.005
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发表时间：
2006-12-01
影响因子：
12.7
通讯作者：
Connell, John
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作者：
Connell, John
医疗旅游，即患者到海外进行手术，在过去十年中迅速增长，尤其是整容手术。国内的高成本和漫长的等待名单，目的地国家的新技术和技能，以及降低的运输成本和互联网营销都发挥了作用。几个亚洲国家占主导地位，但大多数国家都在寻求进入市场。传统旅游是这种增长的副产品，尽管它的旅游包装，旅游业的总体利益是相当可观的。医疗旅游的兴起强调了保健的私有化、对技术的日益依赖、获得保健资源的机会不均衡以及保健和旅游的加速全球化。(c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd.版权所有。
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 reduded transport costs and Internet marketing have all played a role. Several Asian countries are dominant, but most countries have sought to enter the market. Conventional tourism has been a by-product of this growth, despite its tourist packaging, and overall benefits to the travel industry have been considerable. The rise of medical tourism emphasises the privatisation of health care, the growing dependence on technology, uneven access to health resources and the accelerated globalisation of both health care and tourism. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.