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Table 2 Participant overview

From: Use of medical tourism for hip and knee surgery in osteoarthritis: a qualitative examination of distinctive attitudinal characteristics among Canadian patients

Procedure

Destination

Year(s) of surgery

Age(s) at surgery

Sex

Household income range*

Had traveled internationally before**

Had been wait- listed in Canada

Hip resurfacing (x 2)

India

2006, 2007

59, 60

F

>$80,000

Y

Y

Hip resurfacing

India

2009

49

F

>$80,000

Y

Y

Hip resurfacing

India

2005

63

M

$50,000 - $80,000

Y

N

Knee replacement (x2)

India

2008, 2009

54

F

$50,000 - $80,000

Y

Y

Hip resurfacing

India

2007

62

F

>$80,000

Y

Y

Knee replacement

Cuba

2007

57

F

>$80,000

N

Y

Hip resurfacing

India

2010

67

M

$50,000 - $80,000

Y

N

Hip resurfacing

India

2009

55

M

$50,000 - $80,000

Y

N

Hip replacement

Germany

2007

77

F

$50,000 - $80,000

Y

Y

Knee replacement

India

2010

62

M

<$30,000

N

N

Hip resurfacing (x2)

India

2008, 2010

62, 64

M

>$80,000

Y

N

Hip resurfacing

India

2004

42

M

$30,000 - $50,000

Y

Y

Bilateral knee replacement

India

2007

58

F

>$80,000

Y

Y

Hip resurfacing

India

2008

58

F

>$80,000

Y

N

  1. * Canadian dollars.
  2. ** Travel to the continental United States has been excluded as this is rarely thought of as ‘international travel’ by Canadians.