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Factors affecting the attractiveness of medical tourism destination: an empirical study on India- review article

Sultana S, Haque A, Momen A, Yasmin F

Iran J Public Health, 2014 Jul;43(7):867-76.

In this edge, medical tourism is not a new idea. Medical treatment is one of the essential demands of human beings and it requires high quality and intensive care. Beside western world, few developing countries are playing key roles as medical tourism destinations. India is one of the leading names among these countries. The purpose of the paper is to find the factors influencing the attractiveness of India as a health tourism destination.

Matched MeSH terms: Western World

Group A streptococcal infections

Jamal F

Malays J Pathol, 1996 Jun;18(1):15-6.

PMID: 10879218

Matched MeSH terms: Western World

Developing global public health links in southeast Asia

Bulgiba AM, Dahlui M

Asia Pac J Public Health, 2010 Jul;22(3 Suppl):14S-18S.

PMID: 20566528 DOI: 10.1177/1010539510372831

Matched MeSH terms: Western World

Venous thromboembolism in Asia and worldwide: Emerging insights from GARFIELD-VTE

Angchaisuksiri P, Goto S, Farjat AE, Fryk H, Bang SM, Chiang CE, et al.

Thromb Res, 2021 05;201:63-72.

PMID: 33652328 DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2021.02.024

BACKGROUND: Although epidemiological studies report a lower risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) than in the Western world, VTE rates in Asia may be underestimated. Furthermore, it is uncertain whether VTE outcomes differ in Asia and the rest of the world (ROW).

METHODS: GARFIELD-VTE is a global, prospective, non-interventional study of real-world treatment practices. In this study, we compared baseline characteristics, treatment patterns, and 12-month outcomes in Asia and ROW.

RESULTS: Of the 10,684 enrolled patients, 1822 (17.1%) were Asian (China n = 420, Hong Kong n = 98, Japan n = 148, Malaysia n = 244, South Korea n = 343, Taiwan n = 232, Thailand n = 337). Compared with ROW patients, those from Asia were more often female (57.4% vs. 48.0%), non-smokers (74.0% vs. 58.9%) and had a lower BMI (24.8 kg/m2 vs. 29.1 kg/m2). Asian patients were more likely to be managed in the hospital (86.9% vs. 70.4%) and to have active cancer (19.8% vs. 8.1%) or a history of cancer (19.1% vs. 12.0%). Asian patients received no anticoagulation more frequently than ROW patients (6.5% vs. 2.1%). Over 12-months follow-up, the rate of all-cause mortality (per 100 person-years [95% confidence interval]) was higher in Asians (15.2 [13.4-17.3] vs. 5.9 [5.4-6.5]). Adjusted hazard ratios indicated a higher risk of all-cause mortality in Asian patients than the ROW (1.32 [1.08-1.62]). The frequencies of major bleeding and recurrent VTE were similar.

CONCLUSION: Asian patients have different risk profiles, treatment patterns and a higher risk of mortality compared with the ROW.

Matched MeSH terms: Western World

Rites of consent: negotiating research participation in diverse cultures

Barrett RJ, Parker DB

Monash Bioeth Rev, 2003 Apr;22(2):9-26.

PMID: 15069953

The significance of informed consent in research involving humans has been a topic of active debate in the last decade. Much of this debate, we submit, is predicated on an ideology of individualism. We draw on our experiences as anthropologists working in Western and non Western (Iban) health care settings to present ethnographic data derived from diverse scenes in which consent is gained. Employing classical anthropological ritual theory, we subject these observational data to comparative analysis. Our article argues that the individualist assumptions underlying current bioethics guidelines do not have universal applicability, even in Western research settings. This is based on the recognition that the social world is constitutive of personhood in diverse forms, just one of which is individualistic. We submit that greater attention must be paid to the social relations the researcher inevitably engages in when conducting research involving other people, be this in the context of conventional medical research or anthropological field work. We propose, firstly, that the consenting process continues throughout the life of any research project, long after the signature has been secured, and secondly, that both group and individual dimensions of consent, and the sequence in which these dimensions are addressed, should be carefully considered in all cases where consent is sought.

Matched MeSH terms: Western World

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