Research protocol: a realist synthesis of cross-border patient mobility from low-income and middle-income countries.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

People are increasingly mobile for numerous reasons, including healthcare. Patient mobility has vast implications for individuals, communities and whole populations and yet, to date, research on patient mobility has been quite limited. Only a small body of evidence exists on patient mobility between low-income and middle-income countries, instead having focused primarily on cross-border movement between high-income and low-income countries. In this paper, we present a protocol for examining this under-studied phenomenon.

Methods and analysis

We propose to examine patient mobility between low-income and middle-income countries using a realist synthesis approach. Specifically, we aim to document why patients from low-income and middle-income countries cross intern

SUBMITTER: Durham J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4244452 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature