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Percivil Melendez Carrera - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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why do patients engage in Medical Tourism
Maturitas, 2012Co-Authors: V Runnels, Percivil Melendez CarreraAbstract:Medical Tourism is commonly perceived and popularly depicted as an economic issue, both at the system and individual levels. The decision to engage in Medical Tourism, however, is more complex, driven by patients? unmet need, the nature of services sought and the manner by which treatment is accessed. In order to beneficially employ the opportunities Medical Tourism offers, and address and contain possible threats and harms, an informed decision is crucial. This paper aims to enhance the current knowledge on Medical Tourism by isolating the focal content of the decisions that patients make. Based on the existing literature, it proposes a sequential decision-making process in opting for or against Medical care abroad, and engaging in Medical Tourism, including considerations of the required treatments, location of treatment, and quality and safety issues attendant to seeking care. Accordingly, it comments on the imperative of access to health information and the current regulatory environment which impact on this increasingly popular and complex form of accessing and providing Medical care.
Glenn I Cohen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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patients with passports Medical Tourism law and ethics
2014Co-Authors: Glenn I CohenAbstract:Preface Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Medical Tourism Industry Part I: Medical Tourism for Services Legal in the Patient's Home Country Chapter 2: Quality and Information Chapter 3: Legal Liability Chapter 4: Medical Tourism Through Private Health Insurance Chapter 5: Medical Tourism Through Public Health Insurance: The EU Model and Beyond Chapter 6: Medical Tourism's Effects on the Destination Country: An Empirical and Ethical Examination. Part II: Medical Tourism for Services Illegal in the Patient's Home Country Chapter 7: Transplant Tourism Chapter 8: Medical Tourism and Ending Life: Travel for Assisted Suicide and Abortion Chapter 9: Medical Tourism and the Creation of Life: A Study of Fertility Tourism Chapter 10: Medical Tourism for Experimental Therapies: An In-Depth Exploration of Stem Cell Therapy Tourism. Index
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Medical Tourism the view from ten thousand feet
Hastings Center Report, 2010Co-Authors: Glenn I CohenAbstract:This short paper for one of the world's leading bioethics journals introduces readers to Medical Tourism - the travel of patients from their home country to another for the primary purpose of seeking Medical treatment. The paper divides Medical Tourism into three types: (1) Medical Tourism for services illegal in both the patient's home and destination countries (e.g., organ transplant Tourism); (2) Medical Tourism for services that are illegal in the patient's home country but legal in the destination country (e.g., some forms of fertility Tourism, euthanasia Tourism, experimental drug Tourism); (3) Medical Tourism for services legal in both the home and destination country (e.g., traveling abroad for a heart valve or hip replacement). The paper then discusses several difficult ethical and regulatory challenges posed by each type of Medical Tourism. This paper outlines my larger research project on Medical Tourism, one piece of which (focusing on patient-protective concerns) can be found here http://ssrn.com/abstract=1523701.
V Runnels - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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why do patients engage in Medical Tourism
Maturitas, 2012Co-Authors: V Runnels, Percivil Melendez CarreraAbstract:Medical Tourism is commonly perceived and popularly depicted as an economic issue, both at the system and individual levels. The decision to engage in Medical Tourism, however, is more complex, driven by patients? unmet need, the nature of services sought and the manner by which treatment is accessed. In order to beneficially employ the opportunities Medical Tourism offers, and address and contain possible threats and harms, an informed decision is crucial. This paper aims to enhance the current knowledge on Medical Tourism by isolating the focal content of the decisions that patients make. Based on the existing literature, it proposes a sequential decision-making process in opting for or against Medical care abroad, and engaging in Medical Tourism, including considerations of the required treatments, location of treatment, and quality and safety issues attendant to seeking care. Accordingly, it comments on the imperative of access to health information and the current regulatory environment which impact on this increasingly popular and complex form of accessing and providing Medical care.
Tim Lockyer - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Medical Tourism—Attracting Japanese Tourists For Medical Tourism Experience
Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing, 2012Co-Authors: Misung Lee, Heesup Han, Tim LockyerAbstract:ABSTRACT This study aimed at examining the intention of Japanese tourists to travel to Korea in a Medical Tourism context by applying the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). A total of 237 responses were analyzed via structural equation modeling to test two dimensions of Medical Tourism models. A total of 14 salient belief items in the health treatment model and 16 salient belief items in the beautification model were identified. Reshaping dimensions of Medical Tourism and the proved applicability of the TPB extends the knowledge of Medical Tourism and understanding of Japanese tourists' travel intentions in a Medical Tourism context. The findings indicate the industry practitioners should put effort into attracting Japanese Medical tourists. This research has shown that authorities should influence word-of-mouth information exchange and should seek feedback to develop marketing strategies. Publicity should be coordinated with professional bodies in the originating and destination countries. The research fu...
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Medical Tourism attracting japanese tourists for Medical Tourism experience
Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing, 2012Co-Authors: Misung Lee, Heesup Han, Tim LockyerAbstract:ABSTRACT This study aimed at examining the intention of Japanese tourists to travel to Korea in a Medical Tourism context by applying the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). A total of 237 responses were analyzed via structural equation modeling to test two dimensions of Medical Tourism models. A total of 14 salient belief items in the health treatment model and 16 salient belief items in the beautification model were identified. Reshaping dimensions of Medical Tourism and the proved applicability of the TPB extends the knowledge of Medical Tourism and understanding of Japanese tourists' travel intentions in a Medical Tourism context. The findings indicate the industry practitioners should put effort into attracting Japanese Medical tourists. This research has shown that authorities should influence word-of-mouth information exchange and should seek feedback to develop marketing strategies. Publicity should be coordinated with professional bodies in the originating and destination countries. The research fu...
Anu Rai - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Medical Tourism: An Introduction
Medical Tourism in Kolkata Eastern India, 2019Co-Authors: Anu RaiAbstract:Travelling away from your own jurisdictional territory with a desire to get to faster, affordable and reliable Medical care facilities is defined as Medical Tourism. Medical Tourism is an ancient social practice of healthcare that dates thousands of years back. Sacred sites of Greece, Egypt, India and Persia have long tied history with healthcare travellers. The changing nature of civilisation and advancement of technology have made a crucial impact on healthcare travel to seek either holistic (i.e., through prayers, relaxation, exercise, visits to mineral springs, sea water or holy river, sacred temple baths) or bioMedical (diagnosis, hospitalisation and surgical operations) cures. Globally, migration of patients is increasing every year. While on the one hand, patients migrate to get access to Medical facilities inaccessible in their own country or are costlier, on the other hand, there are countries empowered to provide such amenities and cash on this distinct tourist segment. Medical Tourism-generating regions are known as MTGRs and countries catering to their Medical needs are termed as Medical Tourism destination regions or MTDRs (Gyu Ko 2011). This chapter highlights Medical Tourism as the commodity of services. It explores factors working behind the growth of this giant industry, drawing different estimates of market segmentation. It also brings about the gap present in existing knowledge of literature as revealed from an extensive survey of existing literature including patients’ guidebook, case studies, reports and articles.
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Mediators in Kolkata Medical Tourism Industry
Medical Tourism in Kolkata Eastern India, 2019Co-Authors: Anu RaiAbstract:Medical travel facilitators have strong role to play as a connecting link between various components and subcomponents of the Medical Tourism system. They act as an important source of information for prospective consumers and establish professionalisation of Medical Tourism industry. This chapter evaluates the role of Medical travel facilitators in this context. Results show that Kolkata Medical Tourism industry is far behind its counterparts. Most of the facilitators are working informally thereby reflecting on the existence of a loose coordination among the stakeholders of the industry.
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Development Versus Risk in Medical Tourism: An Assessment
Medical Tourism in Kolkata Eastern India, 2019Co-Authors: Anu RaiAbstract:A growing interest is witnessed in the recent years in mapping the experiences of Medical tourists, destination profile and role of facilitators in Medical Tourism literature. However, discussion on those who service the Medical Tourism industry outside hospital premises at a micro level and whose lives are touched and reshaped by Medical tourists, is not included in the existing literature. This chapter is designed to illustrate the potential impact of Medical Tourism. A local case study is developed and an evaluation made on the contribution of the Medical Tourism as a potential tool for the economic development of a local area. However, in the context of high promotion of success rate of Medical Tourism, it is imperative to assess how patients respond upon their arrival to home. In this context of an infant Medical Tourism industry of Kolkata, an endeavour is made to map risks concerning post-treatment issues of Medical tourists, a critical perception of local patients on the Medical infrastructure of the city and Medical tourist arrivals and emerging issues of organ transplantation or transplant Tourism.