Medical tourism development: A systematic review of economic aspects

M Hadian, A Jabbari, SH Mousavi… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The tourism industry is one of the largest and most productive economic activities in the
world that directly and indirectly affects other economic and cultural activities. The purpose …

[HTML][HTML] Ranking of sustainable medical tourism destinations in Iran: an integrated approach using fuzzy SWARA-PROMETHEE

P Ghasemi, A Mehdiabadi, C Spulbar, R Birau - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Today, medical tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors of the tourism industry around
the world. Medical tourism can contribute to the sustainable development and economic …

Sustainable medical tourism: Investigating health-care travel in Indonesia and Malaysia

RT Ratnasari, S Gunawan, AA Pitchay… - … Journal of Healthcare …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Medical tourism has developed rapidly and international health care has become a global
industry. Indonesia has a great opportunity in the field of medical tourism, but Malaysia still …

Can protection motivation theory explain the perception of international tourists' on medical tourism?

AN Seow, CK Choong, IC Chen… - Journal of Hospitality and …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose Medical tourism has grown to become a formidable multinational industry to
generate revenue. This phenomenon has also increased impact on the healthcare sector as …

Predicting medical tourism behavioural intention using social cognition models

AN Seow, YO Choong, K Moorthy, CK Choong - Tourism Review, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose Few studies have adopted social psychology theories to understand the medical
tourism decision-making process. The purpose of this study is to fill the said gap by …

Factors influencing selection of medical tourism destinations: A special niche market

A Zarei, D Feiz, MM Minbashrazgah… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Some studies have focused on identifying the factors affecting the selection of medical
tourism destinations with regard to different types of treatment. But less attention has been …

In search a medical tourism marketing pattern in Iran: The case of cultural sensitivities

FN Moghadam, I Masoudi Asl, S Hessam… - … Journal of Healthcare …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Health tourism has a significant financial benefit in the current industrial world. In addition,
attention is being paid to the medical and cultural sensitivities in the development of the …

Modelling the factors affecting Nigerian medical tourism sector using an interpretive structural modelling approach

EM Aiwerioghene, M Singh… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Healthcare system of Nigeria is still considered to be in its developing stage when compared
to other countries like USA and UK. Nigeria can perform exceptionally well in its healthcare …

[HTML][HTML] Medical tourism in ophthalmology-review

CM Gheorghe, VL Purcărea… - Romanian Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
During the last decade, it seems that we have witnessed an upsurge in medical tourism and
its documentation. Definitions often refer more to the terms themselves rather than to the …

South to South medical tourists, the liminality of Iran?

S Soltani, M Ghorbanian, A Tham - Journal of Quality Assurance in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Liminal spaces of medical tourism remain under-investigated. To address this gap, liminal
spaces of Azerbaijani, Armenian and Iraqi medical tourists to Tabriz, Iran are explored …