Framework for Establishing a Sustainable Medical Facility: A Case Study of Medical Tourism in Jordan
World, 2021 A significant number of studies have assessed the impact of medical tourism from economic, technological and social perspectives. Few studies, however, have explored the development of the medical tourism sector from a sustainability perspective.
Durgham Darwazeh +2 more
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The Post Pandemic Revitalization Plan for the Medical Tourism Sector in South Korea: A Brief Review
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2021 The significant impacts of recent infectious diseases (MERS, COVID-19) demand fundamental changes and alternatives in different markets, such as tourism and the medical tourism industry.
Byung-Ro Seo, Kyoung-Lee Kim
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Nigerian Tourists’ Concerns Towards Medical Risks and Social Challenges [PDF]
African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2020 The hasty practice of moving to foreign countries for high tech medical services is hinged on a diverse range of motivators of which developing countries like Nigeria can take advantage of.
Nina Valentine Orji +4 more
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, 2013 The purpose of this chapter is to establish a conceptual model that can potentially fill research gaps in the literature about medical tourism as an innovative concept in global healthcare provision by developing emerging economies as they are providing low cost alternatives in medical treatment at internationally accredited medical facilities to treat
Medhekar, Anita., Wang, Ho., Hall, John.
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Medical Tourism Websites with an Approach to Information Content: A Systematic Review
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2020 Background: The information content of medical tourism websites could influence the decisions patients and their families make regarding medical centers. This study aimed to investigate the information content of medical tourism websites.
Leila GHADERI-NANSA +4 more
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Promises and Hurdles of Medical Tourism Development in the Russian Federation
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 Background: Development of medical tourism improves access to healthcare in countries where the necessary medical procedures are not available or accessible to its citizens.
Arkady N. Daykhes +5 more
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The Pro-Medical Tourism Stance of Malaysia and How it Affects Stem Cell Tourism Industry
SAGE Open, 2021 Developing countries like India, Thailand, and Malaysia are promoting medical tourism as a commodity, generating income through their economic trade contributing to their national revenue.
Nishakanthi Gopalan +2 more
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The values, perception and attitudes of potential domestic tourists regarding the medical tourism offer of Romania [PDF]
Balneo and PRM Research Journal, 2021 Apparently medicine and tourism have represented for a while distinct domains, both in terms of research and even in popular culture. While medicine is widely known as dedicated exclusively to healing and treating patients suffering from various diseases,
ILE Larisa-Florența +3 more
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Türkiye’de Medikal Turizm İncelemesi: Özel Hastanelerde Bir Çalışma
Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 2019 Turkey shows rapid growth with the kinds of health care and health tourism. While Turkey is making an investment in tourism so as to increase the level of income earned from tourism and attracts more tourists, it also implements diversification policy ...
Zafer BUZCU, Kemal BİRDİR
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DETERMINANTS OF OUTBOUND MEDICAL TOURISM: IMPLICATIONS FOR SERVICE MARKETING AND DEVELOPMENT [PDF]
Geo Journal of Tourism and Geosites, 2020 This study examined the demand factors responsible for outbound medical tourism to India, South-Africa and Germany. The demand factors included medical tourist attitude, medical destination competitiveness, medical service cost and medical service ...
Felix John EZE +2 more
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