. Ferdosi Masoud; . Jabbari Alireza; . Keyvanara Mahmoud; . Agharahimi Zahra
Volume 3, Issue 9 , September 2013, , Pages 1-5
Abstract
Introduction: Medical tourism for any study area is complex. Materials and Methods: Usingfull articles from other databases, Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), Science Direct,Emerald, ...
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Introduction: Medical tourism for any study area is complex. Materials and Methods: Usingfull articles from other databases, Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), Science Direct,Emerald, Oxford, Magiran, and Scientific Information Database (SID), to examine systematicallypublished articles about medical tourism in the interval 2000-2011 paid. Articles were obtainedusing descriptive statistics and content analysis categories were analyzed. Results: Among the28 articles reviewed, 11 cases were a kind of research articles, three cases were case studiesin Mexico, India, Hungary, Germany, and Iran, and 14 were case studies, review documentsand data were passed. The main topics of study included the definition of medical tourism,medical tourists’ motivation and development of medical tourism, ethical issues in medicaltourism, and impact on health and medical tourism marketing. Conclusion: The findingsindicate the definition of medical tourism in various articles, and medical tourists are motivated.However, most studies indicate the benefits of medical tourism in developing countries andmore developed countries reflect the consequences of medical tourism.