THE MARKET OF MEDICAL SERVICES AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL (MEDICAL TOURISM): REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Author: Baymenova A.S.¹, Zhakenova S.R.², Kosherova B.N.³

Abstract

The growth rate of the world medical tourism sector is currently considered among the highest in comparison with other tourist segments. There are a large number of scientific conferences on the topic of medical tourism in the world. It spawned a new concept of modern healthcare. In the context of global economic competition, the phenomenon of medical tourism makes medicine develop more rapidly. In this regard, the authors conducted a search and review of relevant sources on the issue of medical tourism. In order to select and summarize sources, a search was made for the current literature. The review presents the nature, problems and possibilities of medical tourism in the framework of the literature studied. Unfortunately, the issue of the development of medical tourism is relatively little studied, this is confirmed by the small number of original studies. At the same time, medical tourism as a phenomenon of global health is growing, and therefore requires proper monitoring, government regulation and the development of the necessary infrastructure.

Key words

foreign patients, treatment of foreign patients, medical tourists, medical tourism, export of medical services

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Baymenova A.S., е-mail: aiman_86@bk.ru

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Received: 30/10/2019

Accepted: 30/10/2019