Traveling for medical tourism: The roles of demographics, past experience and medical tourism destination familiarity

S Chaulagain, LH Le, M Hancer - International Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study examined how demographics, past experience, and medical tourism destination
familiarity influence Americans' intention to visit Cuba for medical treatments. The study …

Factors influencing outbound medical travel from the USA

A Collins, A Medhekar, HY Wong, C Cobanoglu - Tourism Review, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how Americans choose a country and
medical facility to travel abroad for medical treatment based on the following factors country …

Americans' intention to visit Cuba as a medical tourism destination: A destination and country image perspective

S Chaulagain, MF Jahromi, X Fu - Tourism Management Perspectives, 2021 - Elsevier
This study focuses on Americans' perceptions of and intentional behaviors toward Cuba as a
medical tourism destination. Using a survey-based quantitative method, the study examined …

An investigation of American medical tourists' posttravel experience

A Drinkert, N Singh - Journal of Hospitality Marketing & …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Medical tourism has gained intense momentum within the past two decades, and more
Americans than ever before are seeking medical care from international alternatives …

“That's enough patients for everyone!”: Local stakeholders' views on attracting patients into Barbados and Guatemala's emerging medical tourism sectors

J Snyder, VA Crooks, R Johnston, A Cerón… - Globalization and …, 2016 - Springer
Background Medical tourism has attracted considerable interest within the Latin American
and Caribbean (LAC) region. Governments in the region tout the economic potential of …

Characteristics of consumers likely and unlikely to participate in medical tourism

BS Guy, JLN Henson, MJ Dotson - International Journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This exploratory study identified characteristics and factors distinguishing US citizens willing
to participate in medical tourism from those who are not. A national sampling was used to …

[PDF][PDF] Medical tourism: a post-travel study measuring the impact of push & pull factors on the perceived quality of the medical tourism experience

A Drinkert - 2015 - core.ac.uk
Medical tourism has gained intense momentum within the past two decades, and is now a
multi-billion dollar a year industry. More Americans than ever before are seeking medical …

Exploring the factors influencing the travel motivations of US medical tourists

N Singh - Current Issues in Tourism, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Medical tourism (also called medical travel, health tourism, or global health care) is a term
initially coined by travel agencies and the mass media to describe the rapidly growing …

Understanding the impacts of medical tourism on health human resources in Barbados: a prospective, qualitative study of stakeholder perceptions

J Snyder, VA Crooks, L Turner, R Johnston - International journal for …, 2013 - Springer
Background Medical tourism is a global health practice where patients travel internationally
with the intention of receiving medical services. A range of low, middle, and high income …

Should I stay or should I go?: Motivators, decision factors, and information sources influencing those predisposed to medical tourism

JN Henson, BS Guy, MJ Dotson - International Journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This exploratory study, employing a national sampling of persons in the USA, focused on a
group of respondents who self-identified as willing to consider seeking medical care abroad …