Int J Health Policy Manag. 2014 May 14;2(4):155-7. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2014.47. eCollection 2014.

Patient mobility in the global marketplace: a multidisciplinary perspective.

Lunt N1, Mannion R2.

Author information

• 1Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of York, UK.
• 2Health Services Management Center, University of Birmingham, UK.

Abstract

There is a growing global market in healthcare and patients. And while there is a small body of evidence emerging around this phenomenon commonly known as medical tourism there remain significant unanswered policy and research questions which need to be addressed. We outline some of the key issues set against the six key disciplinary preoccupations of the journal: epidemiology, health economics, health policy ethics,politics of health, health management, and health policy.