There are several running definitions.
We, at Premiere, consider the emphasis of the trip to be the important determinant. For those who travel specifically to receive medical care then we feel that medical travel is more appropriate. This does not make other definitions wrong, it is how we choose to characterize the process.
There are those who travel for business reasons and become ill or injured. They are not medical tourists or travelers.
Similarly those who travel for tourism and become ill or injured are not medical tourists or travelers.
Those whose emphasis for the trip is to seek medical care as a by-product of a tourism related trip would be characterized as a medical tourist. The medical care is an incidental to a vacation trip.
Jim McCormick MD
President and Founder
Premiere Medical Travel Company
818.917.6189
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