Turismo médico: revisión sistematizada de la literatura y evidencia

Ana Celeste Ciupik; Maria Florencia Hutter; Natalia Porto

doi:10.24215/18521649e033

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Ana Celeste Ciupik Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Maria Florencia Hutter Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Natalia Porto Universidad Nacional de La Plata

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24215/18521649e033

Palabras clave:

turismo médico, revisión sistematizada de la literatura, impacto, evidencia, América Latina y Caribe

Resumen

Este trabajo realiza una revisión sistematizada de la literatura sobre turismo médico con el fin de conocer sus principales características y contribuir a la evidencia cuantitativa en el ámbito internacional. El término turismo médico carece de una definición consensuada y las cuestiones de volumen e impacto son discutidas por la literatura de forma principalmente narrativa y teórica. Se realiza un análisis de las metodologías aplicadas en la literatura y se toma como base a Loh (2013) para analizar las tendencias mundiales del turismo médico usando las series de viajes personales relacionados con la salud del Fondo Monetario Internacional para 2008-2017 e incorporando efectos fijos y variables de control al modelo de regresión lineal. No existe evidencia concluyente de una tendencia creciente de las importaciones y exportaciones de turismo médico. Los países de mayores ingresos son los que más comercian estas actividades. Casi todas las regiones superan en volumen de turismo médico a América Latina y Caribe.

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