title: Public policy and medical tourism: ethical implications for the Egyptian health care system.
abstract: Egypt's medical tourism industry has been experiencing tremendous growth. However, Egypt continues to lack the necessary investment in its public health system to effectively care for its population. Current policy and the emergence of medical tourism have led to unequal health care access, resulting in high a prevalence of infectious diseases and lack of resources for its most vulnerable populations. As a new Egyptian government emerges, it is important for policymakers to understand the critical issues and ethical concerns of existing health policy. This understanding may be used to propose new policy that more effectively allocates to care for Egypt's population.
authors.affiliation: Public Health Department, University of North Florida, USA.
authors.forename: Bob
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Haley
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000941:ethics*; D004534:Egypt; D006291:Health Policy; D057193:Medical Tourism; D011640:Public Policy