Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of medical tourism revenues on the growth of healthcare sector across 49 emerging and developed economies from 2008 to 2022. Using panel GMM and PMG/ARDL estimation methods, the results show that higher levels of medical tourism revenues promote growth in the healthcare sector. This finding remains robust across different sample periods, alternative measure of healthcare sector performance, and model specifications.

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

1-1-2025

Volume

26

Publication Title

European Journal of Health Economics

Publisher

Springer

School

Business; Tourism and Travel

RAS ID

70326

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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Gholipour, H. F., & Esfandiar, K. (2025). Does medial tourism promote growth in healthcare sector?. The European Journal of Health Economics, 26, 233-241. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-024-01700-3

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233

Last Page

241

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10.1007/s10198-024-01700-3