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Health Economics -- Exploring the Growing Appeal of Medical Tourism

The evolving medical tourism phenomenon is thriving globally and it's an area of fascination and research for Dr. Michael Horowitz, a graduate of Emory University's Goizueta Business School, and Jeffrey Rosensweig, a professor of finance at Goizueta. The two have written several articles on medical tourism and the globalization of the healthcare marketplace. Their latest, "Medical Tourism vs. Traditional International Medical Travel: A Tale of Two Models," was published recently in the International Medical Travel Journal and details the heterogeneous features of people who travel for medical care. For instance, while patients from highly industrialized nations like the U.S. are enticed by the low cost of overseas medical care, residents of Canada, Britain and other countries with national health systems are more likely to pursue medical tourism in order to avoid long waiting lists.

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