Medical Tourism
"Medical Tourism" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Travel to another country for the purpose of medical treatment.
| Descriptor ID |
D057193
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I03.883.710 N05.300.515
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medical Tourism" by people in Profiles.
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Garman AN, Johnson TJ, Lynch EB, Satjapot S. Care provider perspectives on medical travel: A three-country study of destination hospitals. Health Mark Q. 2016; 33(1):48-58.
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Langley JD, Johnson TJ, Hohmann SF, Meurer SJ, Garman AN. Empirical analysis of domestic medical travel for elective cardiovascular procedures. Am J Manag Care. 2013 Oct; 19(10):825-32.
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Johnson TJ, Garman AN. Impact of medical travel on imports and exports of medical services. Health Policy. 2010 Dec; 98(2-3):171-7.