Definitions of the vocabulary used across medical travel, from bundled case rates to donor area.
Unreviewed Written 9 October 2026| 5 sources| Eurostat does publish a non-resident length of stay series; its coverage is unverified Average Length of Stay in Medical Tourism Verified against primary record The formula Hospital days divided by the number of discharges, including deaths, during the year[1] A non-resident series exists Eurostat disseminates average length of … Read more
Unreviewed Written 9 October 2026| 5 sources| One agency estimates the spending while removing health travellers from its traveller counts Average Expenditure per Medical Traveler Verified against primary record Why averaging fails Medical expenses tend to vary tremendously across diseases and treatment techniques[1] The clustering problem That variation hinders compilers from forming clusters when calculating … Read more
Unreviewed Written 9 October 2026| 7 sources| The familiar 5 and 20 per cent thresholds are a rule of thumb, qualified where stated Patient Attrition in Medical Tourism Studies Verified against primary record Reporting requirement For each group, losses and exclusions after randomisation, together with reasons[1] Flow diagrams Strongly recommended, with no specific, prescribed format[1] … Read more
Unreviewed Written 9 October 2026| 7 sources| Registry and case series differ by 20 points on the same 25-year question Long-Term Outcomes of Medical Tourism Verified against primary record Longest official surveillance window One year, for procedures involving a prosthetic implant[1] What a registry needs to follow up Consent; where it is refused, no patient … Read more
Unreviewed Written 9 October 2026| 7 sources| No study measuring quality of life with a validated instrument after travel was found Quality of Life After Treatment Abroad Verified against primary record Definition An individual’s perception of their position in life in the context of their culture and value systems[1] What patient-reported means A report coming … Read more
Unreviewed Written 9 October 2026| 7 sources| Two medical travel clinics’ success claims held unsubstantiated by a UK regulator Treatment Success Rates in Medical Tourism Verified against primary record Advertising rule A percentage success rate must not be given without making clear the actual number of patients treated[1] Regulator on small gaps Small differences between … Read more
Unreviewed Written 9 October 2026| 6 sources| A widely repeated 53 per cent does not match the denominator printed beside it Complication Rates in Medical Tourism Verified against primary record Surveillance window 30 days for most procedures and 30 or 90 days for others, by procedure category[1] Implant follow-up One year for procedures involving a … Read more
Unreviewed Written 9 October 2026| 5 sources| A WHO journal paper describes its own review as non-systematic, in its own words Medical Tourism Research Methods Verified against primary record The warrant for non-randomised designs Interventions that cannot be randomized, or are extremely unlikely to be studied in randomized trials[1] The trade-off it carries Undesirable uncertainty … Read more
Unreviewed Written 9 October 2026| 7 sources| One national collection publishes medical-travel patients by age, sex and residence International Patient Demographics Verified against primary record The one official collection located Latvia publishes medical tourism patients by age group, sex and country of usual residence[1] Its statutory definition A foreigner receiving elective medical services not covered … Read more
Unreviewed Written 9 October 2026| 7 sources| Four reviews compared; both 2026 reviews are narrow by design, not general Systematic Reviews of Medical Tourism Verified against primary record What a systematic review is A review using explicit, systematic methods to collate and synthesise findings of studies[1] A common misuse The reporting guideline should not be … Read more