Sand, surgery and stakeholders: A multi-stakeholder involvement model of domestic medical tourism for Australia’s Sunshine Coast

Tham, Aaron

doi:10.1016/j.tmp.2017.11.002

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“…Medical tourism usually includes leisure, fun and relaxation activities, as well as wellness and health-care service." It is also argued that medical tourism may not be restricted to international travel but also includes situations wherein patients travel to any destination, even within the same nation, with the dual purposes of availing themselves of technically proficient health care services at a competitive price and experiencing pleasurable travel (Chuang et al 2014;Tham 2018;Yu and Ko 2012).…”

Section: Medical Tourismmentioning

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Medical Tourism Experience: Conceptualization, Scale Development, and Validation

Ghosh

Мандал

2018

Journal of Travel Research

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While travel for physical well-being has long been a practice, medical tourism is an emerging phenomenon characterized by medical care combined with holiday-making activities. The medical tourism industry has rapidly grown due to exponential growth in the number of medical tourists worldwide. Despite this upsurge in practice, less research attention has been devoted to exploring the experience and perceptions of medical tourists toward the wide range of services available to them at medical destinations. This article conceptualizes a construct called “medical tourism experience” and develops a scale that measures it. A rigorous scale development procedure is employed, and four studies are conducted. Seven dimensions of this construct are explored, namely, treatment quality, medical service quality, medical tourism expense, medical tourism infrastructure, destination appeal, destination culture, and ease of access. The results reveal considerable opportunity for marketers and policy makers to increase the attractiveness of medical destinations and gain sustainable competitive advantages.

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Section: Medical Tourismmentioning

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“…Medical tourism regions are often segmented by inflow of patient traffic from different continents (Tham 2018). By far the largest outbound market is the USA, while Mexico has the highest number of inbound medical tourists (Tore 2016).…”

Section: Medical Tourismmentioning

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Medical Tourism Experience: Conceptualization, Scale Development, and Validation

Ghosh

Мандал

2018

Journal of Travel Research

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“…However, tourist motivations are various and complicated (Crompton, 1979), and many researchers are showing that there are different points of view about them depending on reasons for or patterns of tourist activity (Lehto, Choi, Lin, & MacDermid, 2009; Singh, 2013; Yan, Zhang, Zhang, Lu, & Guo, 2016). In regard to the study of medical tourism, despite the global rise in research on motivation in relation to medical tourism, few researchers have attempted qualitative and quantitative studies focusing on identifying the understanding of tourist perceptions, or the present status of destinations, and/or revitalizing plans to include medical tourism (Mathijsen, 2019; Rahman, Zailani, & Musa, 2018; Suess, Baloglu, & Busser, 2018; Tham, 2018).…”

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Relationships between the motivation of medical tourists and the quality of medical services

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Kim

2020

Journal of Tourism Research

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This study aims to: (a) identify the motivation to travel for medical reasons and the quality of the medical services received; and (b) examine the relationship between the quality of medical services and the attitudes held by tourists about these. It fills the gap in the literature by contributing to our knowledge of medical tourists' behavior. A total of 500 questionnaires were distributed at 25 hospitals and travel agencies within Korea. The results deliver insightful messages in the fields of travel behavior and motivation in the medical tourism industry, and for health marketers and planners of medical tourism services.

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“…Cohen 2006). Tham (2018), medikal turistlerin seyahat motivasyonlarına ilişkin olarak fiyat, kalite ve tıbbi olanaklara hızlı erişim olmak üzere üç ana unsurun ön plana çıktığını vurgulamaktadır.…”

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“…2018;Correa vd. 2018;Tham 2018). Medikal turizm kapsamında yapılacak akademik ve sektörel çalışmalarda Türkiye'nin güçlü ve zayıf yönleri ile tehdit ve fırsatları dikkate alınmalıdır.…”

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Türkiye’deki Medikal Turizm Tezlerinin Bibliyometrik Profili (2008-2018)

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Altun

2019

Anatolia: Turizm Araştırmaları Dergisi

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medikal turizm gibi uygulamalara düzenli olarak artan bir talep göstermektedirler (Correa vd. 2018: 200). Sağlık turizmini kısaca "bir bireyin zihinsel ve bedensel olarak korunması, iyileştirilmesi veya yenilenmesi için yerel çevresinin dışında organize seyahatlere katılması" şeklinde tanımlamak mümkündür (Correa vd. 2018: 201). Medikal Turizm Değerlendirme Raporu'na (2013) göre, sağlık turizmi ağırlıklı olarak medikal, termal/spa/wellness, yaşlı turizmi ve engelli

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Sand, surgery and stakeholders: A multi-stakeholder involvement model of domestic medical tourism for Australia’s Sunshine Coast

Cited by 43 publications

References 102 publications

Medical Tourism Experience: Conceptualization, Scale Development, and Validation

Medical Tourism Experience: Conceptualization, Scale Development, and Validation

Relationships between the motivation of medical tourists and the quality of medical services

Türkiye’deki Medikal Turizm Tezlerinin Bibliyometrik Profili (2008-2018)

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