health tourism
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The practice of travelling to a country to take advantage of its state healthcare system.
“THE NHS is facing calls to clamp down on the so-called health tourism sham which sees foreigners land in Britain to abuse our free health service and return home leaving UK taxpayers to foot the bill. — "Health tourism outrage", Daily Mail, Feb 4, 2017”
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Travelling across international borders, generally from a rich country to a poor country, to deliver healthcare, often on a temporary basis.
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Travelling across international borders to obtain health care.
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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/health%20tourism, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/medical%20tourism