Introduction to Medical Tourism

Milica Z. Bookman and Karla R. Bookman

Chapter Chapter 1 in Medical Tourism in Developing Countries, 2007, pp 1-19 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract An American woman travels to India for state-of-the-art hip replacement surgery and convalesces for two weeks at a coastal resort. An Englishman opts for elective eye surgery in Thailand at a fraction of the price he would pay in London (while his wife and children enjoy a beach vacation nearby). A Canadian mother takes her child to Costa Rica for nonemergency surgery because the waiting time under her national health insurance plan is over one year.

Keywords: Gross Domestic Product; Human Development Index; Purchasing Power Parity; Destination Country; Medical Tourism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230605657_1

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