Definitions of the vocabulary used across medical travel, from bundled case rates to donor area.
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| 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| 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| 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| 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
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| 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| 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| 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