"health tourism" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} health tourism (uncountable)
  1. Synonym of medical tourism Tags: uncountable Synonyms: medical tourism [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-health_tourism-en-noun-BcpAu8Dv
  2. (derogatory) The practice of travelling to a country to take advantage of its state healthcare system. Tags: derogatory, uncountable
    Sense id: en-health_tourism-en-noun-kyUhU0mN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90
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          "ref": "February 4 2017, “Health tourism outrage”, in Daily Mail:",
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