Medical tourism—cure or malaise for the National Health Service: a mixed methods study

Johanna Hanefeld; Daniel Gary Horsfall; Neil Lunt; Richard D Smith

doi:doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62465-4

Medical tourism—cure or malaise for the National Health Service: a mixed methods study

Johanna Hanefeld, Daniel Gary Horsfall, Neil Lunt, Richard D Smith

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Abstract

Despite increasing reference to medical tourism by politicians and reports in popular media, there remains little understanding of actual size, scope, and effect of inbound and outbound UK patients. Although evidence suggests that a growing number of patients travel to access (and pay for) medical treatment, including UK residents and, equally, that patients travel to the UK for treatment, little is known about the scale of these events and potential effects, including costs and income for the NHS.

Original language	English
Article number	S40
Journal	The Lancet
Volume	382
Issue number	Supp 3
DOIs	https://doi.org/doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62465-4
Publication status	Published - 29 Nov 2013

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