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| Title |
Key Considerations for an Economic and Legal Framework Facilitating Medical Travel
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Public Health, March 2016
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00047 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Saba Hinrichs-Krapels, Sarah Bussmann, Christopher Dobyns, Ondřej Kácha, Nora Ratzmann, Julie Holm Thorvaldsen, Kai Ruggeri |
| Abstract |
Medical travel has the capacity to counter increasing costs of health care by creating new markets and increased revenue for health services, potentially benefiting local populations, economies, and health-care systems. This paper is part of a broad, comprehensive project aimed at developing a global health access policy (GHAP). It presents key issues to consider in terms of ensuring economic viability, sustainability, and limiting risk to the many stakeholders involved in the rapidly expanding industry of medical travel. The noted economic and legal barriers to medical travel are based on a synthesis of themes found in an extensive review of the available literature. Economic considerations, when setting up a GHAP, include a dynamic approach to pricing that is fair to the local population. Legal considerations include the implementation of international quality standards and the protection of the rights of those traveling as well as those of local populations in recipient countries. By taking into account these opportunities, the GHAP will more adequately address existing gaps in the economic and legal regulation of medical travel. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 23 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |
| Czechia | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 21 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 17% |
| Researcher | 3 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 9% |
| Other | 2 | 9% |
| Unknown | 5 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 5 | 22% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 13% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 13% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 2 | 9% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 9% |
| Other | 2 | 9% |
| Unknown | 6 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 March 2016.
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