Globalisation, Health Care System & Services, and Health Tourism: A Systematic Review
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.12727/ajts.28.5Keywords:
Globalisation, Health Care System, Health Care Services, Health Tourism, International TradeAbstract
This paper explores healthcare globalisation’s repercussions on the healthcare system and services through exploring the existing literature. Globalisation has been providing opportunities to people in every area, including health, but it also has harmful effects on people, health systems, and health services. The researcher conducted a systematic literature review to gain insights into the link between globalisation and health. The keywords used for the searches are “Globalisation and Health System”, “Globalisation and Health Services, “Globalisation and Health Tourism”, and “Globalisation and Medical Tourism”. A total of 47 articles were identified as pertinent for inclusion. The study pointed out that the focus of the literature is shifting toward the role of international agencies in healthcare, international relations’ role, global governance in healthcare, more complex nature of social determinants of health (SDHs), etc. The findings of this study will assist health tourism marketers in identifying their target segment of health tourists.
References
Ali, M. M., & Medhekar, A. (2016). Globalization, medical travel and healthcare management in Bangladesh. Problems and Perspectives in Management, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.21511/ppm.14(2-2).2016.12
Attamah, N., & Kalu, C. U. (2020). Economic globalization and population health outcomes in Nigeria: implications of achieving the health sustainable development goals (SDGs). International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 10(10), 537–564. https://doi.org/10.29322/IJSRP.10.10.2020.p10671
Bhat, T. P. (2015). International trade in health care services: prospects and challenges for India. India Quarterly, 71(3), 239–254. https://doi.org/10.1177/0974928415584024
Bisht, R., Pitchforth, E., & Murray, S. F. (2012). Understanding India, globalisation and health care systems: a mapping of research in the social sciences. Globalization and Health, 8(32), 1–15. https://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/1744-8603-8-32.pdf
Bookman, M. Z., & Bookman, K. R. (2007). Medical Tourism in Developing Countries. Palgrave Macmillan. http://www.pdfdrive.com/medical-tourism-in-developing-countries-e6298400.html
Border, P. B. (n.d.). How big is the market? PBB Live Site. Patients Beyond Border. Retrieved November 10, 2020, from https://www.patientsbeyondborders.com/media
Carman, I., & Iuliana, C. (2014). Medical tourism industry challenges in the context of globalization. Management Strategics Journal, Constantain Brancoveanu University, 24(2), 62–70. http://www.strategiimanageriale.ro/papers/140205.pdf
Carrera, P. M., & Bridges, J. F. P. (2006). Globalization and healthcare: understanding health and medical tourism. Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, 6(4), 447–454. https://doi.org/10.1586/14737167.6.4.447
Chanda, R. (2001). Trade in health services *. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 80(1), 158–163. https://www.scielosp.org/pdf/bwho/2002.v80n2/158-163/en
Chen, L. H., & Wilson, M. E. (2013). The globalization of healthcare: implications of medical tourism for the infectious disease clinician. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 57, 1752–1759. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cit540
Connell, J. (2006). Medical tourism: sea, sun, sand and ... surgery. Tourism Management, 27(6), 1093–1100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2005.11.005
Cornia, G. A. (2001). Globalization and health: results and options. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 79(9), 834–841. https://www.scielosp.org/pdf/bwho/2001.v79n9/834-841/en
Davies, S. E. (2010). What contribution can international relations make to the evolving global health agenda? International Affairs (Royal Institute of International Affairs 1944, 86(5), 1167–1190. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40865133
Dollar, D. (2001). Is globalization good for your health ? Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 79(1), 827–833. https://www.scielosp.org/article/ssm/content/raw/?resource_ssm_path=/media/assets/bwho/v79n9/v79n9a07.pdf
Dreher, A. (2006). Does globalization affect growth? evidence from a new index of globalization. Applied Economics, 38(10), 1091–1110. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840500392078
Feachem, R. G. A. (2001). Globalisation is good for your health, mostly. British Medical Journal, 323(7311), 504–506. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25226895
Forster, T., Kentikelenis, A. E., Stubbs, T. H., & King, L. P. (2020). Globalization and health equity: the impact of structural adjustment programs on developing countries. Social Science & Medicine, 267, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112496
Gupta, A. (2020). Globalization and health – a conceptual framework. International Journal of Commerce, 8(1), 13–20. https://doi.org/10.34293/ commerce.v8i1.830
Health Care Services. (2007). Oregan Laws. https://www.oregonlaws.org/glossary/definition/health_care_services
Holden, C. (2005). Privatization and trade in health services: a review of the evidence. International Journal of Health Services, 35(4), 675–689. https://www.jstor.org/stable/45138361
Huynen, M. M. T. E., Martens, P., & Hilderink, H. B. M. (2005). The health impacts of globalization: a conceptual framework. Globalization and Health, 1, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-1-14
Indian Brand Equity Foundation. (2019). Tourism & hospitality. September.
Johnson, T. J., & Garman, A. N. (2010). Impact of medical travel on imports and exports of medical services. Health Policy, 98(2–3), 171–177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.06.006
Johnston, R., Crooks, V. A., Cerón, A., Labonté, R., Synder, J., Núñez, E. O., & Flores, W. G. (2016). Providers’ perspectives on inbound medical tourism in Central America and the Caribbean: factors driving and inhibiting sector development and their health equity implications. Global Health Action, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.3402/gha.v9.32760
Johnston, R., Crooks, V. A., Snyder, J., & Kingsbury, P. (2010). What is known about the effects of medical tourism in destination and departure countries? a scoping review. International Journal for Equity in Health, 9(24), 1–13. https://equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/1475-9276-9-24.pdf
Kjellström, T., Håkansta, C., & Hogstedt, C. (2007). Globalisation and public health - overview and a Swedish perspective. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 70, 1–68. https://www.jstor.org/stable/45205821
Koehn, P. H. (2006). Globalization, migration health, and educational preparation for transnational medical encounters. Globalization and Health, 2(2), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-2-2
Koivusalo, M. (2006). The impact of economic globalisation on health. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, 27, 13–34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11017-005-5757-y
Krugman, P. R., Obstfeld, M., & Melitz, M. J. (2018). International Trade Theory & Policy (Eleventh E). Pearson Education. https://www.pdfdrive.com/international-trade-theory-policy-d184714398.html
Kruk, M. E. (2012). Globalisation and global health governance: Implications for public health. Global Public Health, 7(S1), 54–62. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2012.689313
Krumeich, A., & Meershoek, A. (2014). Health in global context; beyond the social determinants of health? Global Health Action, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.3402/gha.v7.23506
Labont, R., Mohindra, K., & Schrecker, T. (2011). The growing impact of globalization for health and public health practice. Annual Review of Public Health, 32, 263–282. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031210-101225
Labonté, R., & Schrecker, T. (2007). Globalization and social determinants of health: promoting health equity in global governance ( part 3 of 3 ). Globalization and Health, 3(7). https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-3-7
Labonte, R., & Torgerson, R. (2005). Interrogating globalization, health and development: towards a comprehensive framework for research, policy and political action. Critical Public Health, 15(2), 157–179. https://doi.org/10.1080/09581590500186117
Lee, K., & Dodgson, R. (2000). Globalization and cholera: implications for global governance. Global Governance, 6(2), 213–236. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27800260
Loh, C. A. (2015). Social science & medicine trends and structural shifts in health tourism : evidence from seasonal time-series data on health-related travel spending by Canada during 1970 e 2010. Social Science & Medicine, 132, 173–180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.03.036
Missoni, E. (2013). Understanding the impact of global trade liberalization on health systems pursuing universal health coverage. Value in Health, 16(1 SUPPL.), S14–S18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2012.10.002
Mogaka, J. J. O., Mashamba-Thomson, T. P., Tsoka-Gwegweni, J. M., & Mupara, L. M. (2017). Effects of medical tourism on health systems in Africa. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 6(1), 1–25. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/314239029_Effects_of_Medical_Tourism_on_Health_Systems_in_Africa
Nwanko, I. U. (2015). Effects of globalization on national healthcare delivery systems : the nigerian experience. Global Journal of HUMAN-SOCIAL SCIENCE: H Interdisciplinary, 15(5). https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://globaljournals.org/GJHSS_Volume15/2-Effects-of-Globalization-on-National.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjCIPO9konuAhVEmuYKHYoSBhMQFjAAegQIARAB&usg=AOvVaw0pyigD_DPiW4ObKgfd-nDj
Omer Tontus, H., & Nebioglu, S. (2018). Drivers of healthcare globalisation and their effects on medical tourism. E-Review of Tourism Research, 15(2–3), 255–272. https://journals.tdl.org/ertr/index.php/ertr/article/view/212/59
Outreville, J. F. (2007). Foreign direct investment in the health care sector and most-favoured locations in developing countries. The European Journal of Health Economics, 8(4), 305–312. https://doi.org/10.1007/S10198-006-001
Plianbangchang, S. (2018). A view on medical care globalization and medical tourism. Journal of Health Research, 32(1), 69–73. https://doi.org/10.1108/jhr-11-2017-008
Pocock, N. S., & Phua, K. H. (2011). Medical tourism and policy implications for health systems: a conceptual framework from a comparative study of Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia. Globalization and Health, 7(table 2), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-7-12
Poku, N. K., & Whiteside, A. (2002). Global health and the politics of governance: an introduction. Third World Quarterly, 23(2), 191–195. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436590220126586
Primary Health Care. (2019). World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/primary-health-care
Rai, A., Chakraborty, P., & Sarkar, A. (2014). Globalization and medical tourism: a spatial study. The Indian Journal of Spatial Science, 5(1), 14–23. http://www1.american.edu/ted/medical-tourism.htm
Rennen, W., & Martens, P. (2015). The globalisation timeline. Integrated Assessment, 4(3), 137–144. https://doi.org/10.1076/iaij.4.3.137.23768
Schrecker, T. (2020). Globalization and health: political grand challenges. Review of International Political Economy, 27(1), 26–47. https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2019.1607768
Singh, G., & Gautam, H. (2012). Medical tourism – unwrapping the gift of globalisation. International Journal of Education Economics and Development, 3(1), 19–32. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijeed.2012.044951
Smith, R. D., Chanda, R., & Tangcharoensathien, V. (2009). Trade in health-related services. The Lancet, 373(9663), 593–601. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61778-X
Turner, L. (2007). ‘First World Health Care at Third World Prices’: Globalization, Bioethics and Medical Tourism. BioSocieties, 2, 303–325. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1745855207005765
Woodward, D., Drager, N., Beaglehole, R., & Lipson, D. (2001). Globalization and health: a framework for analysis and action. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 79(9), 875–881. https://www.scielosp.org/pdf/bwho/2001.v79n9/875-881/en
Zafar Ansari, I., & Khan, S. (2014). Impact of globalization on medical tourism in developing countries like India. International Journal of Engineering Technology, Management and Applied Sciences, 2(7), 62–68. http://www.ijetmas.com/admin/resources/project/paper/f201412061417865657.pdf
Zhou, Y. R., & Coleman, W. D. (2016). Accelerated contagion and response: understanding the relationships among globalization, time, and disease. Globalizations, 13(3), 285–299. https://doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2015.1056498
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2022 Atna Journal of Tourism Studies
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
