Department of Health Organisation, Policy and Economics, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Health Place. 2010 Nov;16(6):1145-55. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.08.001. Epub 2010 Aug 5.
Based on systematic observation and analysis of available evidence, we propose a typology of cross-border patient mobility (rather than the so-called 'medical tourism') defined as the movement of a patient travelling to another country to seek planned health care. The typology is constructed around two dimensions based on the questions 'why do patients go abroad for planned health care?' and 'how is care abroad paid for?' Four types of patient motivations and two funding types have been identified. Combined in a matrix, they make eight possible scenarios of patient mobility each illustrated with international examples.
基于对现有证据的系统观察和分析，我们提出了一种跨境患者流动（而非所谓的“医疗旅游”）的分类方法，将其定义为患者前往另一个国家寻求计划性医疗保健的移动。该分类法围绕两个问题构建，分别是“患者为何前往国外寻求计划性医疗保健？”和“国外的医疗保健费用如何支付？”，并基于这两个问题确定了两个维度，确定了四种患者动机和两种资金类型。将它们组合在一个矩阵中，就构成了八种可能的患者流动情景，每个情景都用国际实例进行了说明。
