medical tourism

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tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism.

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Also called health tourism .

Origin of medical tourism

First recorded in 1965–70

OTHER WORDS FROM medical tourism

medical tourist, noun

Example sentences from the Web for medical tourism

Not to be left behind, progressives in neighboring Wisconsin clamored to join the cutting edge of public health.
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST
We indulge in expensive cold-pressed juices and SoulCycle classes, justifying these purchases as investments in our health.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
His life as a man is built around health insurance and tax services.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Each individual race involves an unusual collaboration between researchers, manufacturers, and public-health entities.
The Race for the Ebola Vaccine|Abby Haglage|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Children in households with more equitable participation of men show better health and development.
How Good Dads Can Change the World|Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But men, through neglecting the rules of health, pass quickly to old age, and die before reaching that term.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor
But I suppose, as he is my nearest relative, it is but natural he should be anxious about my health.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
This Captain Kirton was really the best of the Kirton bunch: a quiet, unassuming young man, somewhat delicate in health.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
But in the end his health gave way, and the Emperor himself wrote to Prince Eugne telling him to send the old warrior home.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
Why use dangerous cosmetics when Jones' soap retains youth and health for the complexion, and fosters the development of beauty?
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills

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