TABLE 6.
Oncologists’ Awareness About Solicitation for Referrals and Economic Impact of Referrals
| Variable | Frequency | % |
|---|---|---|
| Are you aware of your patients being solicited for referrals from outside centers? (ie, advertisement of better medical treatment in the destination country) (n = 48) | ||
| Yes (please list examples) | 23 | 47.9 |
| No | 25 | 52.1 |
| Missing | 4 | — |
| Examples of solicitations (n = 19) | ||
| Ads of better treatment | 1 | 5.2 |
| Solicitations from foreign health care facilities | 15 | 78.9 |
| Organized screening by foreign hospitals and online consults | 1 | 5.2 |
| Social media | 1 | 5.2 |
| Through medical insurance companies | 1 | 5.2 |
| Missing | 4 | — |
| Agreement with statement: There is economic loss in my country due to patients traveling abroad (n = 51) | ||
| Strongly agree | 25 | 49.0 |
| Agree | 19 | 37.3 |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 5 | 9.8 |
| Disagree | 2 | 3.9 |
| Strongly disagree | — | — |
| Missing | 1 | — |