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Medical tourism can be defined as the process of traveling outside the country of residence for the purpose of receiving medical care. The growth in popularity of medical tourism has attracted the attention of policymakers, researchers, and the media. Originally, the term referred to the travel of patients from underdeveloped countries to developed countries in pursuit of treatments unavailable in their home countries.
Today, we are experiencing both qualitative and quantitative shifts in patient mobility as people travel from richer countries to less developed countries to access healthcare. This shift is driven mostly by the relatively low cost of treatments in less developed countries, the availability of cheap flights, and increased marketing and online consumer information about the availability of medical services.
What really puts the word "tourism" into the concept of medical tourism is that people often stay in foreign countries after medical procedures. Travelers can thus benefit from their visit by sightseeing, taking day trips or participating in other traditional tourism activities.