Purpose Health-care tourism has become a major industry in the past decade. Following the
increasing activity in health-care tourism, the decision-making process of consumers in …

Purpose: Medical tourism service requires involvement of multiple parties from the service
network, however medical tourism is not well studied from a supply chain management …

Delphi method is applied in this study for the developement of Saint-Petersburg (Russia)
medical tourism. Medical tourism is an authorized facilitator company having the functions of …

It is possible to accept medical tourism as one of the important elements of economic
development, in addition to its many important benefits. In the world, many hospitals are in …

Health tourism is a new form of tourism which is increasingly getting popularity around the
world. Recently, Malaysia has become a favourite destination for health tourism. In order for …

This article highlights the strong potential and growing popularity of the Asian medical
tourism industry focusing on South Korea and presents an overview of the background of the …

Sağlık turizmi günümüzde ülkemizde ve dünyada oldukça önem kazanan ve ön plana çıkan
turizm türlerinden biri olarak görülmektedir. Ülkemizde son yıllarda giderek daha önemli …

This chapter constitutes the epilogue of the handbook. The chapter is designed to place
much of the content of the handbook into four categories, namely quality of life (QOL) …

Tourism is a giant industry worldwide: not only the largest service industry, but also one of
the fastest growing. With its multidimensional nature, tourism has been the topic of countless …

Healthcare and long waiting lists in developed countries. More people are traveling
nowadays to developing countries to receive quality healthcare at lower costs. All the …