Traveling for Treatment: Taxonomy, Patient Flows and Candidate Drivers

Schmerler, Klaus

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“…This is not surprising. The importance of motives such as the lack of availability of certain services in a country, long waiting times or their price that is too high has been confirmed in other studies (Crooks et al, 2010;Johnston, Crooks, and Snyder, 2012;Schmerler, 2018). However, other kinds of factors, such as socio-cultural ones, can also influence intentions.…”

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“…The main motivators to start MT include lower costs of treatment abroad (Crooks et al, 2010;Johnston, Crooks, and Snyder, 2012;Eissler and Casken, 2013;Lunt, Mannion and Exworthy, 2013;Guy, Henson, and Dotson, 2015;Yildiz and Khan, 2016;Khan et al, 2017b;Suki et al, 2017;Schmerler, 2018), lack of treatment options as a result of medical procedures considered unsatisfactory, hardly accessible, unattainable or illegal domestically (Crooks et al, 2010;Johnston, Crooks, and Snyder, 2012;Eissler and Casken, 2013;Lunt, Mannion, and Exworthy, 2013;Guy, Henson, and Dotson, 2015;Yildiz and Khan, 2016;Schmerler, 2018) and those that are available in shorter waiting times (Johnston, Crooks, and Snyder, 2012;Eissler and Casken, 2013;Lunt, Mannion, and Exworthy, 2013;Guy, Henson, and Dotson, 2015;Khan et al, 2017a;Suki et al, 2017;Schmerler, 2018) as well as the need for confidentiality and privacy (Gan and Frederick, 2013;Lunt, Mannion, and Exworthy, 2013;Henson, Guy, and Dotson, 2015).…”

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The Assessment of the Domestic and Foreign Medical Services and the Intents to Participate in Medical Tourism

Boguszewicz-Kreft¹,

Springer²,

Kuczamer-Kłopotowska³

et al. 2021

ERSJ

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Purpose:The aim of the study was to identify the relationship between the assessment of the domestic medical services and the expectations connected with foreign medical services as well as the identification of the impact of the gap between these values on the intent to take the offer of MT and the differences among young consumers from various countries. Design/Methodology/Approach: The fully structured questionnaire was used for the survey that included the convenience sample of 570 respondents who were young consumers from Jordan, Poland and Turkey. Multiple regression was used to verify the hypotheses. Findings: Both the assessment of domestic medical services and the expectations regarding foreign services show a statistically significant relationship with the intent to undertake MT, while in the case of expectations, this relationship is twice as strong. The identified gaps have positive values meaning that the level of expectations regarding the quality of the service provided abroad exceeds the level of the assessment of these aspects in relation to the domestic service. Significant differences were demonstrated between Poland, Turkey and Jordan. Practical Implications: Identified differences in each group of buyers provide suggestions on information strategies aimed at stimulating readiness to travel in order to use MT services addressed to people from a given country Originality/Value: The obtained results show that the expectations that young consumers have towards this type of services are of key importance for the intent to undertake medical tourism. The lack of confirmation of the greater significance of the gap between the assessment and expectations does not mean that the assumptions relating to the method of testing the quality of services are negated, but only suggests doubts as to the applicability of the model assumptions for the situation of predicting future consumer decisions not based on previous experience.

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The Assessment of the Domestic and Foreign Medical Services and the Intents to Participate in Medical Tourism

Boguszewicz-Kreft¹,

Springer²,

Kuczamer-Kłopotowska³

et al. 2021

ERSJ

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Demographics and Trends for Inbound Medical Tourism in Germany for Orthopedic Patients before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Heinz¹,

Eidmann²,

Jakuscheit³

et al. 2023

IJERPH

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Medical tourism is a rapidly growing sector of economic growth and diversification. However, data on the demographics and characteristics of the traveling patients are sparse. In this study, we analyzed the common demographic properties and characteristics of the inbound medical tourists seeking orthopedic medical care in Germany for the years 2010 to 2019 compared to a domestic group. At the same time, we examined how the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak of 2020 changed the field of medical tourism in Germany. Calculations were performed using administrative hospital data provided by the Federal Statistical Department of Germany. Data were analyzed from the years 2010 to 2020. A total of six elective orthopedic surgery codes (bone biopsy, knee arthroplasty, foot surgery, osteotomy, hardware removal, and arthrodesis) were identified as key service indicators for medical tourism and further analyzed. Factors including residence, sex, year, and type of elective surgery were modeled using linear regression analysis. Age and sex distributions were compared between patients living inside Germany (DE) or outside Germany (non-DE). Between 2010 and 2020, 6,261,801 orthopedic procedures were coded for the DE group and 27,420 key procedures were identified for the non-DE group. Medical tourists were predominantly male and significantly younger than the domestic population. The linear regression analysis of the OPS codes over the past years showed a significantly different slope between the DE and non-DE groups only for the OPS code “hardware removal”. With the COVID-19 pandemic, an overall decline in performed orthopedic procedures was observed for the non-DE and the DE group. A significant reduction below the 95% prediction bands for the year 2020 could be shown for hardware removal and foot surgery (for DE), and for hardware removal, knee arthroplasty, foot surgery, and osteotomy (for non-DE). This study is the first to quantify inbound medical tourism in elective orthopedic surgery in Germany. The COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected many—but not all—areas of orthopedic surgery. It has to be seen how this negative trend will develop in the future.

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Traveling for Treatment: Taxonomy, Patient Flows and Candidate Drivers

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The Assessment of the Domestic and Foreign Medical Services and the Intents to Participate in Medical Tourism

The Assessment of the Domestic and Foreign Medical Services and the Intents to Participate in Medical Tourism

Demographics and Trends for Inbound Medical Tourism in Germany for Orthopedic Patients before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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