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Medical Tourism as a
Business Opportunity for
Transforming Economies
Jacek Klich
INTRODUCTION
Globalization processes cover, among others, an international exchange of services. Medical ser-
vices constitute an important part of an international exchange in services. One may observe an
increase in the share of health care services in world trade (Chanda 2002). This process is leveraged
by changes in technology (telemedicine, e-commerce), ease of travel, and the continuous liberaliza-
tion of markets. A separate category of tourism that is growing in importance is medical tourism
(medical travel, health tourism, global health care). Although ...