Medical Tourism
"Medical Tourism" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Travel to another country for the purpose of medical treatment.
| Descriptor ID |
D057193
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I03.883.710 N05.300.515
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| Concept/Terms |
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Medical Tourism" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Medical Tourism" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medical Tourism" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Ahari D, Zaccariah ZR, Preston M, Highton L. The impact of cosmetic tourism across one year on an NHS breast surgery unit. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2024 Dec; 99:462-467.
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Hill BJ, Lock L, Parks V, Anderson B, Cathey JR. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Access to Abortion: Assessing Patient Sociodemographic and Travel Characteristics. Obstet Gynecol. 2021 09 01; 138(3):475-477.