Medical Tourism WikiUnreviewed Written 2 October 2026| 5 sources| The best national series examined has no procedure breakdown at all Destination Markets in Medical Tourism Verified against primary record A national series Turkey: 1,538,643 health tourism patients in 2023 and 1,398,580 in 2025[1] What it does not contain No breakdown by procedure, and none by country of … Read more
Unreviewed Written 2 October 2026| 4 sources| Three origin-side collections examined, each measuring something different Source Markets in Medical Tourism Verified against primary record Leading EU origins, 2020 France 1,646, Ireland 924 and Luxembourg 597 prior authorisation requests[1] A measured prevalence 1.32 per cent of respondents in eleven United States states and territories, 2016[2] How … Read more
Unreviewed Written 2 October 2026| 5 sources| Where flows are measured, they run short distances between neighbours Medical Tourism Patient Flows Verified against primary record The pattern Cross-border healthcare concerns mostly neighbouring countries[1] Busiest authorised flows, 2022 Slovakia to Czechia, and Luxembourg to Germany[1] Scale About 200,000 patients a year, under 0.05 per cent of … Read more
Unreviewed Written 2 October 2026| 5 sources| The statistical authority’s own account of why these figures are weak Medical Tourism Revenue Verified against primary record What is counted Medical and dental services, other health care, food, accommodation and local transport[1] Its status A supplementary item under the standard item personal travel, not part of required … Read more
Unreviewed Written 2 October 2026| 5 sources| A distinction that changes published counts by an order of magnitude Medical Travelers and Resident Foreign Patients Verified against primary record The statistical basis Trade in travel turns on residence, not nationality[1] What two countries report Germany and Austria state that their discharge figures include residents and non-residents … Read more
Unreviewed Written 2 October 2026| 4 sources| Two national datasets state in their own words that they count episodes, not people International Patient Visits and Unique Patients Verified against primary record A worked example 7.3 million incomplete pathways against approximately 6.2 million unique patients, England, May 2026[1] A dataset that says so itself Discharge-level records, … Read more
Unreviewed Written 2 October 2026| 3 sources| No market size figure appears in this entry, and the reason is the entry Medical Tourism Market Size Independently reported Authoritative data No authoritative data on the number and flow of medical tourists between nations[1] Provenance of the headline figure Traced in a commissioned review to a single … Read more
Unreviewed Written 2 October 2026| 7 sources| Only dated, attributable figures are reproduced; the rest is explained instead Medical Tourism Statistics Verified against primary record Tourism classification Health and medical care is one of eight purpose categories, with no sub-structure[1] EU cross-border activity Prior authorisation requests received: 7,279 in 2018, 6,935 in 2019, 5,409 in … Read more
Unreviewed Written 2 October 2026| 4 sources| Waiting figures and a cross-border supply restriction read in the official record Gender-Affirming Care Abroad Verified against primary record Waiting, England Over 40,000 people waiting for a first adult clinic appointment at the end of March 2025[1] Wait already experienced An average of 296 weeks, about five years … Read more
Unreviewed Written 2 October 2026| 8 sources| The one sector with a codified international compliance regime Sports Medicine Travel Verified against primary record Who grants an exemption A national anti-doping organisation or an international federation, not the world agency[1] One body only An exemption can be submitted to only one anti-doping organisation[1] Treatment before approval … Read more