Medical Tourism
"Medical Tourism" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Travel to another country for the purpose of medical treatment.
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D057193
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MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.571.710 N05.300.515
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Medical Tourism" by people in this website by year, and whether "Medical Tourism" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medical Tourism" by people in Profiles.
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Wolf AB, Money KM, Chandnani A, Daley CL, Griffith DE, Chauhan L, Coffman N, Piquet AL, Tyler KL, Zimmer SM, Montague BT, Mann S, Pastula DM. Mycobacterium abscessus Meningitis Associated with Stem Cell Treatment During Medical Tourism. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 08; 29(8):1655-1658.
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Philipsborn RP, Sorscher EA, Sexson W, Evans HH. Born on U.S. Soil: Access to Healthcare for Neonates of Non-Citizens. Matern Child Health J. 2021 Jan; 25(1):9-14.
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Kim HS, Hall KE, Genco EK, Van Dyke M, Barker E, Monte AA. Marijuana Tourism and Emergency Department Visits in Colorado. N Engl J Med. 2016 Feb 25; 374(8):797-8.
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Snyder J, Byambaa T, Johnston R, Crooks VA, Janes C, Ewan M. Outbound medical tourism from Mongolia: a qualitative examination of proposed domestic health system and policy responses to this trend. BMC Health Serv Res. 2015 May 03; 15:187.
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Iorio ML, Verma K, Ashktorab S, Davison SP. Medical tourism in plastic surgery: ethical guidelines and practice standards for perioperative care. Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2014 Jun; 38(3):602-7.
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Horton S, Cole S. Medical returns: seeking health care in Mexico. Soc Sci Med. 2011 Jun; 72(11):1846-52.
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