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  • Title: An Integrative Review of Patients' Experience in the Medical Tourism.
    Author: Xu T, Wang W, Du J.
    Journal: Inquiry; 2020; 57():46958020926762. PubMed ID: 32513038.
    Abstract:
    Medical tourism has emerged as an industry due to the constantly improved information technology and decreasing cost for transportation. Evidence on how medical tourists develop their medical travel and their experience keeps growing. This article aims to provide an integrative review to understand medical tourism from the patients' perspective. PRISMA procedures were followed. All the literature was published from January 1, 2009, to May 4, 2019, in peer-reviewed journals in CINAHL and MEDLINE/PubMed. Johns Hopkins Nursing evidence level and quality guide were used to evaluate evidence level. Twenty-one studies including 8 quantitative, 10 qualitative, and 3 mix-method studies were reviewed. Low cost, short waiting list, quality, and procedures available were the motivators to treatment abroad. The Internet, former tourists' testimonial, and physician and facilitators' advice were the predominant resources consulted. Perceived value of medical quality directly affected patients' overall satisfaction. Our integrative review has led to the identification of many factors related to medical tourist's experience. We suggest further empirical researches on (1) the patients' decision-making process of motivators and barriers, (2) the factors related to patients' experience on the health care quality, and (3) the strategies to ensure the continuity of care.
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