International Patients on Operation Vacation: Medical Refuge and Health System Crisis; Comment on “International Patients on Operation Vacation – Perspectives of Patients Travelling to Hungary for Orthopaedic Treatments”

Document Type : Commentary

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Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of York, Heslington, York, UK

Abstract

An understanding of patient mobility, international patients and medical tourism includes supply and demand side considerations. As well as micro-level reports of motivation and satisfaction we must acknowledge broader system-level dynamics. Exploring these may unearth more complex geographies of patient travel.

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  • Receive Date: 08 February 2015
  • Revise Date: 07 March 2015
  • Accept Date: 04 March 2015
  • First Publish Date: 07 March 2015

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