REVIEW article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Aging and Public Health
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1580082
Integrating Natural Non-Pharmaceutical Therapies into Medical Tourism: A Dynamic Health Portrait-Driven 2 Model for Proactive Elderly Health and Public Health Services 3
Provisionally accepted
- 1Hainan University, Haikou, China
- 2Beijing Xiaotangshan Hospital, Beijing, China
- 3City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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In the face of the dual challenges of global population aging 12 and the high prevalence of chronic diseases, traditional healthcare systems 13 are facing severe tests in terms of resource allocation and service accessi-14 bility. This study focuses on the synergistic integration of natural non-15 pharmacological therapies (NPT) and medical tourism (MT), exploring 16 their potential as an innovative service model to enhance the proactive 17 health management capabilities of elderly chronic disease patients and op-18 timize public health management. MT integrates global high-quality med-19
Keywords: Medical Tourism, Non-pharmacological therapies, Elderly Patients with Chronic Diseases, Public Health, Cost-Effectiveness
Received: 20 Feb 2025; Accepted: 02 Sep 2025.
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* Correspondence: Boyuan Wang, Beijing Xiaotangshan Hospital, Beijing, China
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