Medical tourists elect to travel across international borders to
receive some form of medical treatment
Treatments may span the full range of medical services
Most common: dental care, cosmetic surgery, elective surgery, and
fertility treatment – OECD, 2010
• No agreed definition of medical tourism exist; as a result methods
applied by countries vary substantially
Some countries count foreign patients’ visits to hospitals whereas others
count the entry of individual patients into the country
Other countries record nationality but not place of residence of patients,
can be problematic when migrants return to home country for treatment
– WHO, 2011
What is medical tourism?
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