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Unreviewed Written 2 October 2026| 7 sources| Current survey instrument checked against its own fact sheet, not secondary summaries Patient-Reported Experience Measures Verified against primary record What they measure The process of care, as distinct from its outcomes[1] Also known as PREMs Distinction from satisfaction Experience asks whether, or how often, aspects of care occurred; … Read more
Unreviewed Written 2 October 2026| 7 sources| Two arithmetic discrepancies noted in the published participation tables Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Verified against primary record Definition Any report of the status of a patient’s health condition coming directly from the patient, without interpretation by a clinician or anyone else[1] Also known as PROMs English national programme Hip … Read more
Unreviewed Written 2 October 2026| 6 sources| Checked how the two specimen satisfaction studies recruited their samples Patient Satisfaction in Medical Tourism Verified against primary record What satisfaction measures Patients’ expectations and whether those expectations were met[1] What experience measures instead Whether, or how often, specific aspects of care occurred[1] Records read A health agency … Read more
Unreviewed Written 2 October 2026| 6 sources| Checked the leading sector index against the ten published construction steps Medical Tourism Indexes Verified against primary record Governing standard The OECD and Joint Research Centre handbook, 2008, setting out ten construction steps[1] Why normalisation is unavoidable Indicators in a data set often have different measurement units[1] Audit … Read more
Unreviewed Written 2 October 2026| 4 sources| An audited ranking publishes a confidence interval around each position Medical Tourism Rankings Verified against primary record What a published rank is Dependent on modelling choices, and to be read within a confidence interval rather than at face value[1] Audited practice Monte Carlo simulation varying several modelling choices … Read more
Unreviewed Written 2 October 2026| 5 sources| No forecast figure is published here; this entry is about method Medical Tourism Market Forecasts Verified against primary record Projection Indicates what future change would be if the assumptions underpinning it actually occur[1] Forecast Speculates future values with a certain level of confidence, based on current and past … Read more
Unreviewed Written 2 October 2026| 6 sources| The IMF task team records that national compilers asked for the scope to be clarified Medical Tourism and Balance of Payments Statistics Verified against primary record Where it sits A supplementary item under personal travel, within travel in the services account[1] What it covers Medical and dental services, … Read more
Unreviewed Written 2 October 2026| 4 sources| Statistical guidance names the units mismatch that causes most miscounts Administrative Data in Medical Tourism Research Verified against primary record Definition Datasets created primarily for administrative purposes by government agencies or bodies acting for them[1] Why limitations are structural Such sources are not created in response to the … Read more
Unreviewed Written 2 October 2026| 8 sources| US discharge records carry a state code and no country code at all Hospital Discharge Data in Medical Tourism Verified against primary record What a discharge is A hospital patient being formally released after an episode of care[1] European residence variable Non-residents among all hospital discharges, per cent, … Read more
Unreviewed Written 2 October 2026| 5 sources| One widely quoted figure traced to a one-month snapshot at 46 clinics Medical Tourism Surveys Verified against primary record The strongest population survey 93,492 respondents, 517 medical tourists, prevalence 1.32 per cent, 2016[1] Confidence interval 1.00 to 1.64 per cent at 95 per cent[1] Records read A population … Read more