%0 Journal Article %T Patient Mobility in the Global Marketplace: A Multidisciplinary Perspective %J International Journal of Health Policy and Management %I Kerman University of Medical Sciences %Z 2322-5939 %A Lunt, Neil %A Mannion, Russell %D 2014 %\ 05/01/2014 %V 2 %N 4 %P 155-157 %! Patient Mobility in the Global Marketplace: A Multidisciplinary Perspective %K Medical Tourism %K Patient Mobility %K Cross-Border Care %K International Patients %K Private Healthcare %R 10.15171/ijhpm.2014.47 %X There is a growing global market in healthcare and patients. And while there is a small body of evidence emerging around this phenomenon commonly known as medical tourism there remain significant unanswered policy and research questions which need to be addressed. We outline some of the key issues set against the six key disciplinary preoccupations of the journal: epidemiology, health economics, health policy ethics, politics of health, health management, and health policy. %U https://www.ijhpm.com/article_2844_0e19d41d8904ab54295fa0d11545f353.pdf