scholarly journals Low-Cost Health/Medical Tourism of Italians

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tullio Romita ◽  
Antonella Perri
Keyword(s):  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Low Cost

scholarly journals An Assessment of Competitive Factors in Medical Tourism

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-21
Author(s):  
Seyda Dundar Ege ◽  
Yeter Demir Uslu
Keyword(s):  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Quality Care ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Medical Treatments ◽  
Research Opportunity ◽  
The Subject ◽  
New Research ◽  
Waiting Periods ◽  
To Receive

Increasing globalization of the healthcare sector indicates that there are new opportunities for emerging markets to take a bigger share from the whole healthcare industry. This is realized in the form of medical tourism where people prefer to travel to different destinations to receive medical treatments and services. Medical tourists prefer to travel for several reasons like low cost, high quality care or shorter waiting periods. The industry is growing rapidly and the annual expenditure is estimated to be around US$ 30 billion at the end of 2019. The challenging amount of expenditure whets the appetite of the countries and competitiveness becomes crucial to take more market share in this respect. Therefore the factors that build up competitiveness is identified and assessed thoroughly. This paper makes a literature review on the subject and recommends a New research opportunity for Turkey in this field.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Destination Choice in Medical Tourism

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haşim Çapar ◽  
Özgür Aslan
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Care Service ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Selection Of

Introduction: Although many factors can affect the choice of destination in medical tourism, some factors are indispensable to medical tourists and medical tourism. The aim of this study was to analyze important factors affecting the selection of a destination by potential medical tourists. Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study, conducted in Turkey, included a population of 1700 people and a sample size of 317 people selected through purposive sampling. Values were evaluated with a 95% confidence interval and 0.05 standard error. A value of P<0.05 was considered statistically significant. The medical tourism scale and a demographic information form were used in data collection. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and path analysis were used as statistical methods. Analyses were made using IBM SPSS-AMOS 25.0. Results: In this study, 56.5% of the participants were male and 43.5% were female. The factors affecting the selection of medical tourism destinations were determined to be, in order of importance, accessibility of health care service (X̄ = 4.68 ± 1.073), level of security and safety (X̄ = 4:57 ± 1.122), quality of health care service (X̄ = 4:39 ± 1.129), level of hygiene (X̄ = 4.16 ± 1.381), potential of savings-low cost (X̄ = 4.07 ± 1.447), and tourism opportunities (X̄ = 4.02 ± 1.540). Conclusion: It is thought that the current study will make a serious contribution to the field of medical tourism both in practice and in theory.

scholarly journals An Integrative Review of Patients’ Experience in the Medical Tourism

2020 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
pp. 004695802092676
Author(s):  
Tuzhen Xu ◽  
Wanyi Wang ◽  
Jinlan Du
Keyword(s):  
Health Care Quality ◽  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Integrative Review ◽  
Medical Travel ◽  
Medical Quality ◽  
Evidence Level ◽  
Patients Experience ◽  
Patients Perspective

Medical tourism has emerged as an industry due to the constantly improved information technology and decreasing cost for transportation. Evidence on how medical tourists develop their medical travel and their experience keeps growing. This article aims to provide an integrative review to understand medical tourism from the patients’ perspective. PRISMA procedures were followed. All the literature was published from January 1, 2009, to May 4, 2019, in peer-reviewed journals in CINAHL and MEDLINE/PubMed. Johns Hopkins Nursing evidence level and quality guide were used to evaluate evidence level. Twenty-one studies including 8 quantitative, 10 qualitative, and 3 mix-method studies were reviewed. Low cost, short waiting list, quality, and procedures available were the motivators to treatment abroad. The Internet, former tourists’ testimonial, and physician and facilitators’ advice were the predominant resources consulted. Perceived value of medical quality directly affected patients’ overall satisfaction. Our integrative review has led to the identification of many factors related to medical tourist’s experience. We suggest further empirical researches on (1) the patients’ decision-making process of motivators and barriers, (2) the factors related to patients’ experience on the health care quality, and (3) the strategies to ensure the continuity of care.

scholarly journals Low Cost, Quality Treatment and Excellent Hospitality Makes India the Best Destination for Medical Tourism

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Ruchi Garg ◽  
Rahul Batra ◽  
Anirudh Banerji
Keyword(s):  
Medical Care ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Specialized Treatment ◽  
Catchment Areas

Background: Medical Tourism can be defined as the provision of cost effective private medical care in collaboration with the tourism industry for patients needing surgical and other forms of specialized treatment. India stands and leads in the field of medical tourism. This sector has grown rapidly in last few years and have been known by number of countries for its sudden advancement in the field of healthcare, although India is still competing with neighbouring countries which already have a good hold of this market. India offers trained workforce and culture diversity as well as experienced doctors who have names in the list of Padma-Shri awardees in honour of their excellence in the field of health. Methods: The study was conducted in a Super Speciality Hospital in Gurugram for two months, being retrospective and descriptive in nature. Secondary data was taken for the month of January 2018 to March2018 and data for Apriland May 2018 was recorded during the study, a group of 50 patients, selected randomly, were asked for their feedback to know the strengths of medical tourism as well as for the improvement in the hospital. Results: This paper focuses on the process of medical tourism followed in India and the flow of medical tourists traveling to India for their treatment from various countries as well the catchment areas of patient coming to a Super Speciality Hospital in Gurugram. Conclusions: The paper concludes the strengths of developing country like India which attracts a large number of medical tourists from various regions.

Competitive advantages of the Czech Republic for the development of medical tourism

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Hilšerová ◽  
Dominika Hrabalová ◽  
Markéta Kalábová ◽  
Antonín Dvořák
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Waiting Times ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Travel And Tourism ◽  
Good Potential ◽  
Travel Journal ◽  
International Medical Travel

Medical tourism is one of the forms of tourism with dynamic development in recent years. To determine the strategic development of the area, it is necessary to determine the strengths of the destination with regard to trends and opportunities that the market offers. The aim of this paper is to identify the competitive advantages of the Czech Republic in terms of medical tourism and answer the key question whether the Czech Republic has the prerequisites for future development. The evaluation was performed on the basis of a comparison of research reports of the Czech Tourist Board (CzechTourism) with international reports evaluating the competitiveness and position of the Czech Republic, namely the country reports of the International Medical Travel Journal, Euro Health Consumer Index, Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index. Furthermore, the services offered for foreign tourists were evaluated. A price comparison of selected procedures was also included. Based on the analysis, the competitive advantages of the Czech Republic were determined. The identified competitive advantages show that the Czech Republic has good potential for the development of medical tourism. Based on a comparison of the main final reports of foreign and domestic organizations, it follows that the main competitive advantages of the Czech Republic in the field of medical tourism are almost zero waiting times and low cost of quality medical procedures and quality medical care.

scholarly journals Medical tourism by Indian-South Africans to India: an exploratory investigation

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (29) ◽  
pp. 19-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faheem Dangor ◽  
Gijsbert Hoogendoorn ◽  
Raeesa Moolla
Keyword(s):  
Medical Care ◽  
South African ◽  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
South Africans ◽  
Exploratory Investigation ◽  
Secondary Objective

Abstract Medical tourism is a well-established sector in developing countries, and attracts a significant number of tourists from developed countries. Medical tourism is a strong driver of economic growth, but some argue that this kind of tourism promotes inequality in terms of access to healthcare facilities in both developing and developed countries. Whilst research has been conducted on medical tourists travelling to South Africa, no research has focused on the geography of South Africans travelling abroad for medical tourist activities. This study therefore sought to obtain first-hand information from Indian-South African citizens who have partaken in medical tourism in India. Data was gathered through personal, semi-structured interviews conducted with 54 individuals. It was ascertained that the majority of the individuals interviewed in this study travelled to India primarily for medical treatment, while tourist activities were a secondary objective. A smaller proportion of interviewees travelled to India for vacation, with medical care being a secondary motivation, or an impulse due to the low cost of treatment and convenience. Medical tourism by Indian-South Africans travelling to India highlights various shortfalls in South African medical care, including a lack of treatment availability, a poorer quality of service, medical expertise abroad, and the higher cost incurred locally.

scholarly journals Review of Adoption of Disruptive Innovative Practices in Medical Tourism in India

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 112
Author(s):  
Nityanand Sharma ◽  
A. K. Jain ◽  
P. K. Gupta ◽  
Samidha D. Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Surgical Techniques ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Total Size ◽  
Indian Medical ◽  
Early Adoption ◽  
Healthcare Technologies

The Indian Medical Tourism Industry is significantly adding nearly 3% to the total size of healthcare sector of India. Surgical techniques and healthcare technologies have undergone revolutionary changes in past four decades giving way to early adoption of disruptive innovative practices by the quality conscious and low cost medical tourism industry in India. This secondary data based research paper aims at examining the adoption and use of Disruptive Innovative Practices in Medical Tourism Industry in India. It was concluded that Medical Tourism Industry in India is not only suitable but most probable to adopt and use the Disruptive Innovative Practices. The implication of the paper would be the encouragement of further research on disruptive innovative Practices in Medical care in India.

scholarly journals Medical Tourism in India

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S10) ◽  
pp. 695-698
Keyword(s):  
Medical Service ◽  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Annual Growth ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Indian Government ◽  
Foreign Exchange Earning

In the recent era medical tourism has certain significance place in the tourism industry, In India now famous for low cost medical service with high quality medical treatment. The countries where medical tourism is being actively promoted include Greece, South Africa, Jordan, India, Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore. Recently, Indian healthcare sector shows huge advancements in fields such as technology, infrastructure, and manpower, catapulting India as one of the preferred medical destinations in the world and invariably paving path to an entirely new sector, the medical tourism industry. The medical tourism in India will touch the $8 billion mark by the end of 2020, the influx of the population that experiences a saving of close to 50 to 70 percent on medical tourism industry. Cost effectiveness is a major factor in India, because a patient can undergo any type of treatment at an extremely affordable cost without compromising the quality and other reason is of course the availability of medical visa without any hassle. The Indian government predicts that, India $17-billion-a-year healthcare industry could grow 13 per cent in each of the next six years, boosted by medical tourism, which industry watchers say is growing at 30 per cent annually. This study has been focused by the fully by secondary data, which are collected from the Indian tourism department, and also it analyze the growth percentage in Past years, it will be more helpful to medical service providers. Mainly this study’s objective was examining the foreign exchange earning option through medical tourism and analysis of annual growth of foreign tourist in India. It proves that the annual growth an efficiency of handling capacity of Indian medical the medical industry

scholarly journals Prospects of Developing Medical Tourism in India

2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-73
Author(s):  
Binoy T A
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Treatment ◽  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Medical Systems

Medical tourism is one of the recently developed and rapid growing tourism activities of the World, especially in India. "Medical Tourism can be generally defined as the movement of people for the purpose of getting cost effective personal health care in association with the tourism industry for patients needing surgical health care and other forms of dedicated treatment." Recent days several Indian state governments have realized the potential of medical tourism and have been actively promoting it Visitors, especially from the West and the Middle East find Indian hospitals a very affordable and viable option to grdppling with insurance and National medical systems in their native lands and combine their treatments with a visit to the 'exotic east' with their families.Quality medical treatment at low cost, coupled with great traveling experience is possibly the perfect way to recover from any medical ailment. An inexpensive vacation package combined with a low cost medical treatment has led to the evolution of a new but rapidly growing industry called medical tourism. This process is being facilitated by M1 the corporate sector concerned in heath care as well as the tourism industry including tour operators, hospital administrators, travel agents, airlines, hotels and government tourism organizations. Medical or health treatment package tourism has become a persistent form of engaging the vacation in a different way by inculcating leisure with treatment and covers a broad range of health, medical and dental services. Medical tourism is organized in such a manner that leisure time inculcate with enjoyment and recreation together with wellness and health care packages in a country other than the place of residence. Health and Medical Tourism is perceived as one of the fastest growing segments in marketing 'Destination India' today. The Ministry of Tourism, airlines, tour operators, insurance companies, tourism sector and healthcare providers can make India as a dream destination for medical Tourism through an orchestrated effort. Government and private organizations that are playing a vital role in the development of tourism in India should orchestrate their developmental efforts to take advantage of the enormous potential of Medical and Dental tourism through ensuring international standard treatment to the patients and envisage a coordinated marketing and promotional strategies enough to overcome the Asian competitors.

Medical Tourism

2014 ◽  
pp. 198-220
Author(s):  
Anita Medhekar ◽  
Ho Yin Wong ◽  
John Hall
Keyword(s):  
Medical Treatment ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Healthcare Provision ◽  
Research Gaps

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 patients from developed countries. Major databases such as Ebscohost and Emerald have been used to search relevant literature. The literature on medical tourism is reviewed so as to understand the key drivers of medical tourism as well as research gaps in the existing literature. Three major drivers of medical tourism have been identified, namely cost, waiting time, and perceived quality. Further empirical research is needed to test the conceptual model in order to better understand what drives a decision to engage in medical tourism. This chapter makes three major contributions; firstly, the identification of the medical tourism literature from the service marketing and management perspectives; secondly, to propose a conceptual model representing innovation in medical tourism for global healthcare by developing emerging economies; thirdly, the identification of research gaps in the medical tourism literature through which future research can further the knowledge of why people travel to developing countries for medical treatment.

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