〈Articles〉Potential for Medical Tourism in Japan

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  • 〈論文〉日本におけるメディカルツーリズムの可能性

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[要旨]近年，特に1990年代から安い手術代や投薬費，高度医療技術，臓器移植，整形手術，健康診断，先進国では法令上不可能な手術を受ける目的で，先進国の患者や中東諸国あるいは中国の富裕層の患者などがアジアの開発途上国を中心とするメディカルツーリズムを推進している国ヘ渡航し治療を受けるようになってきている。メディカルツーリズムで外国ヘ渡航する患者は，ガンあるいは心臓疾患といった重症疾患の場合が多いため，渡航先に長期滞在する場合が多く，また，家族を同伴するあるいは見舞客の訪問もあるため，宿泊するためのホテルや観光などの分野ヘの経済的恩恵が大きい。そこで，今回，メディカルツーリズムの海外および日本の現状を精査し，日本におけるメディカルツーリズムの可能性を検討する。 [Abstract] In recent years, especially since the 1990s, patients from developed countries and the Middle East, as well as wealthy people from China, have started to travel abroad to receive medical services in developing nations in Asia and other countries that are promoting medical tourism. These medical tourists choose these countries for a variety of reasons, such as low-cost operations and medication, as well as advanced medical technologies. Medical services include organ transplants, cosmetic surgery, medical checkups, as well as surgical services that are prohibited by law in developed countries. Patients who travel abroad on medical tours often have serious illnesses, such as cancer or heart disease. Consequently, many such patients stay in their destination countries for a long period of time and are also accompanied by their families or visited by their friends, thereby bringing considerable economic benefits not only to the hotels where they stay but also to tourism and other industries. In this paper, therefore, we examine the current status of medical tourism inside and outside Japan in detail and study the potential for medical tourism in Japan.

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