South-South cross-border patient travel to South Africa.
South-South cross-border patient travel to South Africa.
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南南跨境患者前往南非。
DOI：
10.1080/17441692.2017.1414288
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发表时间：
2019
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Chikanda A
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作者：
Chikanda A
本文在南部非洲的背景下探讨了区域内的南南跨境病人旅行。尤其是南非，与巴西、印度、哥斯达黎加和泰国等其他目的地一样，被广泛吹捧为来自全球北方的高端患者的新兴目的地之一。以南非为例，本文论证了南南患者跨境旅行无论在数量上还是在财务上都比南北患者旅行具有更大的意义。每年，数以千计的邻国患者前往南非，寻求本国不提供的治疗方法。尽管其规模和重要性很大，但南部非洲的南南患者流动尚未得到充分了解，需要进一步的学术研究。
This paper explores intra-regional South-South cross-border patient travel within the context of Southern Africa. South Africa, in particular, has been widely touted as one of the emerging destinations of high-end patients from the Global North alongside other destinations such as Brazil, India, Costa Rica and Thailand. Using South Africa as a case study, the paper demonstrates that South-South cross-border patient travel is far more significant than North-South patient travel both in numerical and financial terms. Every year, thousands of patients from neighbouring countries travel to South Africa in search of medical treatment for procedures that are not offered in their own countries. Despite its size and importance, the South-South flow of patients in Southern Africa is not fully understood and requires further scholarly research.