INTRODUCTION In recent years, medical tourism market has been raised as one of the income-earning and competitive industries in the world and is considered as a modern field of advanced tourism. Therefore, a great number of countries are seeking to develop this type of tourism and one of the strategies for developing this industry is using the marketing mix elements. METHODS This study was a ...

BACKGROUND Globalisation has prompted countries to evaluate their position on trade in health services. However, this is often done from a multi-lateral, rather than a regional or bi-lateral perspective. In a previous review, we concluded that most of the issues raised could be better addressed from a bi-lateral relationship. We report here the results of a qualitative exercise to assess stakeh...

The practice of medical tourism depends on successfully informing potential patients about procedure options, treatment facilities, tourism opportunities, travel arrangements, and destination countries. The promotion of medical tourism includes a wide range of marketing materials such as flyers, booklets, and websites. Yet, there is a paucity of knowledge about the dissemination, content, and r...

BACKGROUND Despite having access to medically necessary care available through publicly funded provincial health care systems, some Canadians travel for treatment provided at international medical facilities as well as for-profit clinics found in several Canadian provinces. Canadians travel abroad for orthopaedic surgery, bariatric surgery, ophthalmologic surgery, stem cell injections, "Liberat...

Health tourism is a profitable and competitive industry, which includes both medical and wellness tourism. This research intends to identify and analyze the determinants of medical tourism expansion in Iran. To this end, first, 384 questionnaires were distributed among medical tourists visiting selected private hospitals in Tehran, and medical tourism experts in both private and public sectors ...

Tourism is an important economic pole in developed countries. Many countries devoted their expert efforts to absorb more tourists by focusing on attractive and historical aspects of their civilization and good planning on facilities and services. Nowadays rapid grows of information technology affected the way of our life and tourism as a part of this revolution benefits from its advantages. In ...

Travel for medical care is increasing globally. This ranges from patients with urgent medical needs who must travel abroad for specialist care, to medical tourists who elect to have certain procedures abroad. While estimated increases of patients traveling abroad for medical care vary, more empirical research and evidence is needed to understand the scale, reasons, and consequences of travel. T...

In order to keep pace with the changing environment and business requirements, organizations are focusing on services. Service requirements management is one of the core activities in developing service systems such as medical tourism service system. To identify proper requirements, business requirements and business change factors should be correctly analyzed since the ultimate aim of a medica...