Medical tourist’s perception in selecting their destination: a global perspective

Background: The need for better healthcare has grown significantly in recent years. In addition, the rising healthcare costs in the U.S. and in many European countries have forced many patients to seek medical treatment abroad, which has created the demand for medical tourism. With little yet known...

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Main Authors:	Sarwar, Abdullah Al-Mamun, Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah, Omar, Azura
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Iranian Journal of Public Health 2012
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General)
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spelling	iium-255042012-08-27T06:56:39Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/25504/ Medical tourist’s perception in selecting their destination: a global perspective Sarwar, Abdullah Al-Mamun Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah Omar, Azura H Social Sciences (General) Background: The need for better healthcare has grown significantly in recent years. In addition, the rising healthcare costs in the U.S. and in many European countries have forced many patients to seek medical treatment abroad, which has created the demand for medical tourism. With little yet known as to the perception of a medical tourist’s destination selection, this study aims to explore medical tourist’s perception in selecting their destination while going for medical treatment. Methods: Realizing the current need to examine closely the perception of medical tourists, this study had conducted a secondary study to collect data for assessing and identification of the key factors on patient’s perception and destination selection criteria. Results: The result confirms the existence of a very strong relationship between cost, service quality, treatment types and availability and marketing impact on the perception of the medical tourists’ in selecting their medical tourism destination. Conclusion: This study offers support for the proposed conceptual model and an empirical basis for comparison in future research. Iranian Journal of Public Health 2012-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/25504/1/abdullah_-_medical_tourist%27s_perception.pdf Sarwar, Abdullah Al-Mamun and Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah and Omar, Azura (2012) Medical tourist’s perception in selecting their destination: a global perspective. Iranian Journal of Public Health, 41 (8). pp. 1-7. http://ijph.ir/home.php?archive&year=2012&issueId=61&issueYear=2012
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description	Background: The need for better healthcare has grown significantly in recent years. In addition, the rising healthcare costs in the U.S. and in many European countries have forced many patients to seek medical treatment abroad, which has created the demand for medical tourism. With little yet known as to the perception of a medical tourist’s destination selection, this study aims to explore medical tourist’s perception in selecting their destination while going for medical treatment. Methods: Realizing the current need to examine closely the perception of medical tourists, this study had conducted a secondary study to collect data for assessing and identification of the key factors on patient’s perception and destination selection criteria. Results: The result confirms the existence of a very strong relationship between cost, service quality, treatment types and availability and marketing impact on the perception of the medical tourists’ in selecting their medical tourism destination. Conclusion: This study offers support for the proposed conceptual model and an empirical basis for comparison in future research.
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author	Sarwar, Abdullah Al-Mamun Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah Omar, Azura
author_facet	Sarwar, Abdullah Al-Mamun Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah Omar, Azura
author_sort	Sarwar, Abdullah Al-Mamun
title	Medical tourist’s perception in selecting their destination: a global perspective
title_short	Medical tourist’s perception in selecting their destination: a global perspective
title_full	Medical tourist’s perception in selecting their destination: a global perspective
title_fullStr	Medical tourist’s perception in selecting their destination: a global perspective
title_full_unstemmed	Medical tourist’s perception in selecting their destination: a global perspective
title_sort	medical tourist’s perception in selecting their destination: a global perspective
publisher	Iranian Journal of Public Health
publishDate	2012
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/25504/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/25504/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/25504/1/abdullah_-_medical_tourist%27s_perception.pdf
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Medical tourist’s perception in selecting their destination: a global perspective

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