Medical Sociology as a Heuristic Instrument for Medical Tourism and Cross-Border Healthcare; Comment on “International Patients on Operation Vacation – Perspectives of Patients Travelling to Hungary for Orthopedic Treatments”

In this commentary, we establish a relationship between medical sociology and the study of medical tourism and cross-border healthcare by introducing Ronald Andersen’s behavioral model of healthcare use, and linking this model to the recent empirical study of Kovacs et al. on patients travelling to...

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Main Author:	Tomas Mainil
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kerman University of Medical Sciences 2015-04-01
Series:	International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Subjects:	Cross-border Healthcare Behavioral Model of Health Services Medical Tourism
Online Access:	http://www.ijhpm.com/pdf_2965_ebdfb86f1114cb33094b37509bed4c0c.html

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spelling	doaj-492ed1b7c67c4847931abfc8d4b38d2f2020-11-24T22:18:01ZengKerman University of Medical SciencesInternational Journal of Health Policy and Management2322-59392322-59392015-04-014424324410.15171/ijhpm.2015.37Medical Sociology as a Heuristic Instrument for Medical Tourism and Cross-Border Healthcare; Comment on “International Patients on Operation Vacation – Perspectives of Patients Travelling to Hungary for Orthopedic Treatments”Tomas Mainil 0Scaldis Academy, HZ University of Applied Sciences, Vlissingen, The Netherlands; CELLO, Sociology of Health, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, BelgiumIn this commentary, we establish a relationship between medical sociology and the study of medical tourism and cross-border healthcare by introducing Ronald Andersen’s behavioral model of healthcare use, and linking this model to the recent empirical study of Kovacs et al. on patients travelling to Hungary for orthopedic treatment. Finally, we plead for more measurement in the field of patient mobility.http://www.ijhpm.com/pdf_2965_ebdfb86f1114cb33094b37509bed4c0c.htmlCross-border HealthcareBehavioral Model of Health ServicesMedical Tourism
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title	Medical Sociology as a Heuristic Instrument for Medical Tourism and Cross-Border Healthcare; Comment on “International Patients on Operation Vacation – Perspectives of Patients Travelling to Hungary for Orthopedic Treatments”
title_short	Medical Sociology as a Heuristic Instrument for Medical Tourism and Cross-Border Healthcare; Comment on “International Patients on Operation Vacation – Perspectives of Patients Travelling to Hungary for Orthopedic Treatments”
title_full	Medical Sociology as a Heuristic Instrument for Medical Tourism and Cross-Border Healthcare; Comment on “International Patients on Operation Vacation – Perspectives of Patients Travelling to Hungary for Orthopedic Treatments”
title_fullStr	Medical Sociology as a Heuristic Instrument for Medical Tourism and Cross-Border Healthcare; Comment on “International Patients on Operation Vacation – Perspectives of Patients Travelling to Hungary for Orthopedic Treatments”
title_full_unstemmed	Medical Sociology as a Heuristic Instrument for Medical Tourism and Cross-Border Healthcare; Comment on “International Patients on Operation Vacation – Perspectives of Patients Travelling to Hungary for Orthopedic Treatments”
title_sort	medical sociology as a heuristic instrument for medical tourism and cross-border healthcare; comment on “international patients on operation vacation – perspectives of patients travelling to hungary for orthopedic treatments”
publisher	Kerman University of Medical Sciences
series	International Journal of Health Policy and Management
issn	2322-5939 2322-5939
publishDate	2015-04-01
description	In this commentary, we establish a relationship between medical sociology and the study of medical tourism and cross-border healthcare by introducing Ronald Andersen’s behavioral model of healthcare use, and linking this model to the recent empirical study of Kovacs et al. on patients travelling to Hungary for orthopedic treatment. Finally, we plead for more measurement in the field of patient mobility.
topic	Cross-border Healthcare Behavioral Model of Health Services Medical Tourism
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Medical Sociology as a Heuristic Instrument for Medical Tourism and Cross-Border Healthcare; Comment on “International Patients on Operation Vacation – Perspectives of Patients Travelling to Hungary for Orthopedic Treatments”

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