REMEDIUMREMEDIUM1561-59362658-3534Joint-Stock Company Chicot175610.32687/1561-5936-2024-28-3-269-274Original ArticleThe study of medical tourism based on basic scientific theoriesBeloshistySergey Yu.sergei_beloshisty@mail.ruKordubanEkaterina A.e.korduban@gmail.comAnanchenkovaPolina I.ananchenkova@yandex.ruScientific Research Institute of Healthcare Organization and Medical Management, Moscow, RussiaN. A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health, Moscow, Russian Federation15122024326927416102025Copyright © 2024,2024Medical tourism involves crossing the borders of the place of permanent residence of a tourist patient to receive medical care, including routine treatment, cosmetic surgery and other forms of medical care. This phenomenon is based on several scientific theories that help explain why and how people decide to travel to receive medical care. Basic theories help to understand the complex nature of medical tourism and how various factors interact to influence peoples decisions to travel for medical care.theorymedical tourismtheoretical foundationsconsumer behaviorformation of a marketing strategyimproving the efficiency of a medical organizationтеориямедицинский туризмтеоретические основыповедение потребителейформирование маркетинговой стратегииповышение эффективности медицинской организации[Ananchenkova P. I., Shegai M. M. Motivation and consumer preferences in medical tourism. Problems of social hygiene, health care and the history of medicine. 2022;30(6):1236-1239. DOI: 10.32687/0869-866X-2022-30-6-1236-1239][Kostanyan A. A. Characteristics of consumer behavior in the Russian outbound medical tourism market. Bulletin of the Moscow University. Series 6. Economics. 2020;1:135–155.][Altin M., Singhal M. Components of consumer decision-making in medical tourism: a stakeholder approach. The 6th Scientific Conference of Graduate Students in the field of Hospitality and Tourism, which will be held on January 6–8, 2011, Houston, Texas.][Lunt N., Carrera P. Medical tourism: assessment of the evidence base for treatment abroad. Maturitas. 2010;66(1):27–32. DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2010.01.017][Bochaton A. Cross-border mobility and social networks: Laotians seeking medical care along the border with Thailand. Social Sciences and Medicine. 2015;124:364–373. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.10.022][Burns L. R. Opportunities and problems of medical tourism: examples from the practice of US–India trade. International Journal of Health Management. 2014;58(1):15–26.][Chang I. K., Chow P. K., Ye R. K., Tseng H. T. Factors influencing the intentions of Chinese tourists to use the Taiwan Medical Travel App. Telematics and Computer Science. 2016;33(2):401–409. DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2015.09.007][Chen L. J., Chen W. P. Mutually influencing factors in the international travels of ornithologists. Tourism Management. 2015;48:416–425. DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2014.12.011][Carrera P. M., Bridges J. F. Globalization and healthcare: understanding health and medical tourism. An Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics Research and Results. 2006;6(4):447–454.][Crooks V. A., Snyder J. The dialogue on medical tourism needs to be expanded. J. Canad. Med. Assoc. 2015;187(3):207. DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.115-0008][Eisler L., Kasken J. Receiving medical care through international medical tourism. Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 2013;45(2):177–184. DOI: 10.1111/jnu.12014][Pocock N. S., Fua K. H. Medical tourism and policy implications for health systems: a conceptual framework for a comparative study of Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia. Globalization and Health. 2011;7(1):12. DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-7-12][Crooks V. A., Lee N., Snyder J. et al. «You don't want to lose the trust that you have with this patient…»: distrust, medical tourism and the Canadian family doctor–patient relationship. BMC Family Practice. 2015;16(1):1–7. DOI: 10.1186/s12875-015-0245-6][Furlan R., Turner G. Estimation of the maximum difference. Int. J. Market Res. 2014;56(3):367–385.][John J. Improving quality through interaction between the patient and the healthcare provider. J. Healthcare Marketing. 1991;11(4):51–60.][Jun J., Oh K. M. Assessing the risks and benefits of medical tourism: a content analysis of medical tourism coverage in newspapers of the Korean–American community. J. Health Commun. 2015;20(6):720–727. DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2015.1018574][Louvier J. J., Flynn T. Advances in best- and worst-case scaling (BWS) and choice-based measurement methods. The report presented at the seminar before the AERE 2011 conference: recent developments in the development and implementation of experiments with discrete choice. Seattle, Washington. 2011.][Smith K. Problematization of medical tourism: a critique of neoliberalism. Bioethics of Developing Countries. 2012;12(1):1–8. DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8847.2012.00318.x]