Risks and Benefits of Medical Tourism in Developing Countries in the Period 2015 to 2019

2020 ◽  
pp. 66-81
Author(s):  
Mario Alberto de la Puente Pacheco ◽  
Mauro Maury Campo
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Risks And Benefits

Framing Medical Tourism: An Analysis of Persuasive Appeals, Risks and Benefits, and New Media Features of Medical Tourism Broker Websites

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (7) ◽  
pp. 637-645 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyunmin Lee ◽  
Kevin B. Wright ◽  
Michaela O’Connor ◽  
Kevin Wombacher
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Risks And Benefits

‘Lipo-tourism’ gone wrong: blood transfusion-transmitted cytomegalovirus disease

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. e236892
Author(s):  
Mark Brahier ◽  
Rhanika Neuda ◽  
William Davis ◽  
Rita Poon
Keyword(s):  
Blood Transfusion ◽  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Wound Dehiscence ◽  
Immunocompetent Patient ◽  
Cytomegalovirus Disease ◽  
Diagnostic Challenge ◽  
Risks And Benefits ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Cmv Disease

Medical tourism is the pursuit of more affordable surgeries; however, this comes at the risk of suboptimal standards and potential for life-threatening complications. In this case, we describe the diagnostic challenge of cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonia in a 40-year-old woman who experienced wound dehiscence and subsequent blood transfusion-transmitted CMV as complications of liposuction in the Dominican Republic. We explore the role of histopathology in the diagnosis of disseminated CMV, discuss the underlying aetiology of CMV pneumonia in this patient and weigh the risks and benefits of initiating antiviral therapy in an immunocompetent patient with CMV disease.

Global flows

2019 ◽  
pp. 192-219
Author(s):  
Ronald Labonté ◽  
Arne Ruckert
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Skilled Labour ◽  
Private Investments ◽  
Market Opportunities ◽  
Health Worker Migration ◽  
High Disease Burden

Health systems rely upon two groups of people: health workers and patients. In recent decades both groups have been on the move globally, with the creation of internationalized labour market opportunities (the hunt for skilled labour in the case of health workers) and private investments in high-end health care on lower-cost developing countries (one of the key incentives for patients seeking care outside of their own country, for uninsured or under-insured services). Both flows raise a number of health equity concerns. Health worker migration can pose undue hardships on low-resource, high-disease burden countries who lose their workers to richer nations, creating a ‘perverse subsidy’ of poor to rich. With medical tourism, private, fee-paying foreign patients in poorer countries could ‘crowd out’ access to care for domestic patients in those countries, while potentially returning with drug resistant infections or complications burdening their home country’s health systems.

Is Medical Tourism Really Unethical? An Alternate Perspective for Developing Countries

2021 ◽  
pp. 245513332110623
Author(s):  
Divya Chaudhry
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Healthcare Access ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
Equity Issues ◽  
Opting Out ◽  
Ethical Concerns ◽  
Academic Literature

This article makes a case for leveraging medical tourism (MT) from the perspective of improving healthcare access in developing countries. The expansion of MT at an unprecedented rate has given rise to a number of ethical concerns in both home and destination countries. Ethical debates in this field have transcended the realm of global public health and have emerged across various disciplines including development, social justice, legal, trade and policy studies. Much of the academic literature in these domains has categorically held MT responsible for commodification of healthcare, creating a duality in healthcare systems of developing countries and making healthcare inaccessible and unaffordable for the disadvantaged sections of the population. While all these claims normatively seem justified, this article asserts that despite the several ethical concerns that have been raised, MT may not necessarily exacerbate healthcare equity issues in developing countries. In fact, MT may benefit destination countries by creating a highly specialised private sector which may provide services not only to foreign patients but also to wealthier domestic patients. Voluntary opting-out of domestic patients from public healthcare will result in decongestion of public healthcare facilities, which in turn could be accessed to a greater extent by the underprivileged population at affordable cost. In addition to contributing to the limited academic literature on this particular aspect of MT, this article presents an alternate view to promote MT in developing countries from the perspective of addressing challenges related to healthcare access.

INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND NATIONAL ECONOMIES MODERNIZATION: FROM COUNTERING NON-EQUIVALENT EXCHANGE TO FLEXIBLE STRATEGIES

2020 ◽  
pp. 107-117
Author(s):  
Jacqueline M. Sarkisyan ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Multinational Companies ◽  
Operational Strategies ◽  
Dependent Development ◽  
Risks And Benefits ◽  
National Economies ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Economic Modernization ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
International Companies

The article deals with the impact of globalization-oriented modernization strategies implemented in developing countries on the activities of large international corporations and multinational companies. An assessment of the theoretical positions in the theory of dependent development of countries in terms of the concept of non-equivalent exchange is given. The risks and benefits of the functioning of international companies in developing countries with different levels of focus on economic modernization are analyzed and recommendations for the development of flexible operational strategies are proposed.

scholarly journals Dental Tourism Development in India: An Emopirical Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-83
Author(s):  
Binoy T A ◽  
Monisha A
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Dental Treatment ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Economic Downturn ◽  
Indian Medical

Medical Tourism in India has emerged as one of the fastest growing segments of the tourism industry despite the global economic downturn.  High cost of treatments in the developed counties, particularly the USA and UK, have been forcing patients from such regions to look for alternative and cost-effective destinations to get their treatments done. The Indian medical tourism industry is presently at a nascent stage, but has enormous potential for future growth and development.  As a significant component of the colossal medical tourism,   Dental Tourism is emerging in the Third World countries, especially in India.  Dental tourists are mainly generated from developed countries such as USA and European countries as theya re looking for developing countries to get their dental treatment coupled with participating in tourism activities.  The lower cost of treatment and availability are the most significant reasons for choosing developing countries as dental tourism destinations.  Dental tourism forms 10 percent of the total Indian medical tourism which is projected to grow at 30 percent to Rs 9,500 crore by 2015.  India produces over 18,000 dentists annually from 238 dental colleges.  The country has around 1,500 oral and maxillofacial surgeons.  A few studies were carried out on various problems faced by the dental tourism industry in India.  The dental  tourist’s perception towards Indian dental tourism industry and their satisfaction level after getting treatment are a few concerns.  This research paper is prepared based on primary and secondary data collected from various sources.  The primary data have been collected from dentists, staff and dental tourists from two famous internationally recognised dental hospitals located in Bangalore, Karnataka.

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