Medical Tourism, 9798216170341
Hardcover
Healthcare abroad: Opportunities, challenges, and risks across international borders.
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    216 pages

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    10 July 2025

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Summary

The World is Your Hospital: Exploring Medical Tourism

Medical tourism, a complex interplay of healthcare, economics, and culture, offers both opportunities and challenges for patients, providers, and nations alike.

Who seeks medical services abroad, and why? Which procedures are most commonly performed, and which countries are hotspots for medical tourism? What role do intermediary healthcare facilitators play? This book offers an accessible introduction to …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9798216170341
Series:Health and Medical Issues Today
Author:Dr. Lydia Gan
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:Bloomsbury Academic USA
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:216
Release Date:10 July 2025
Weight:514g
Dimensions:235mm x 156mm
About The Author

Dr. Lydia Gan

Lydia Gan, PhD, is Professor of Economics at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, USA. She teaches courses in health economics and principles of economics. Dr. Gan has written extensively on medical tourism, including 30 journal articles and 2 book chapters.

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