| Nip, tuck and click: medical tourism and the emergence of web-based health information. | |
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PMID: 20517465 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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An emerging trend is what has become commonly known as 'Medical Tourism' where patients travel to overseas destinations for specialised surgical treatments and other forms of medical care. With the rise of more affordable cross-border travel and rapid technological developments these movements are becoming more commonplace. A key driver is the platform provided by the internet for gaining access to healthcare information and advertising. There has been relatively little attention given to the role and impact of web-based information to inform Medical Tourism decisions.This article provides a brief overview of the most recent development in Medical Tourism and examines how this is linked to the emergence of specialized internet web sites. It produces a summary of the functionality of medical tourist sites, and situates Medical Tourism informatics within the broader literatures relating to information search, information quality and decision-making.This paper is both a call to strengthen the empirical evidence in this area, and also to advocate integrating Medical Tourism research within a broader conceptual framework. |
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Neil Lunt; Mariann Hardey; Russell Mannion |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-02-12 |
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Title: The open medical informatics journal Volume: 4 ISSN: 1874-4311 ISO Abbreviation: Open Med Inform J Publication Date: 2010 |
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Created Date: 2010-06-02 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101480483 Medline TA: Open Med Inform J Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1-11 Citation Subset: - |
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The York Management School, University of York, York, UK. |
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