Medical Tourism Policy in China: Its Structure, Evolution, and Development Process.

Medical tourism is a policy area with obvious policy connotations. Drawing on public policy theories and frameworks to explore the development of medical tourism policies can give an understanding of the future development trends of the medical tourism industry. This research uses public policy research methods and analyzes the characteristics of China’s medical tourism policy texts from three perspectives: structural characteristics, evolution stages, and development process. This analysis comprehensively and scientifically reflects the status of China’s medical tourism policy. This research has shed some light on the theory and practice of medical tourism development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]