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A cross-cultural study of perceptions of medical tourism among Chinese, Japanese and Korean tourists in Korea
Ji Yun Yu,Tae Gyou Ko +1 more
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In this paper, the authors observed factors related to perceptions of and possible participation in medical tourism by Chinese, Japanese, and Korean visitors to Jeju Island in Korea, and identified cultural differences among them, and how those differences affect their pursuit of medical tourism in the future.About:
This article is published in Tourism Management.The article was published on 2012-02-01. It has received 267 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Korean Wave & Cost effectiveness.read more
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Consumer behaviour in tourism: Concepts, influences and opportunities
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of consumer behaviour in tourism is presented, focusing on the key concepts, external influences and opportune research contexts in contemporary tourism consumer behaviour research, including decision making, values, motivations, self-concept and personality, expectations, attitudes, perceptions satisfaction, trust and loyalty.
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Contemporary medical tourism: Conceptualisation, culture and commodification
TL;DR: An overview is given of the short history and rapid rise of medical tourism, its documentation, and current knowledge and analysis of the industry.
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The medical tourism index: scale development and validation.
TL;DR: The results show the MTI allows to measure meaningful differences between countries, not only on an aggregated level but also on each sub-indexes, and provides a useful tool for the various stakeholders to measure and manage their medical tourism destination brand.
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The influence of destination image and tourist satisfaction on tourist loyalty: a case study of Chinese tourists in Korea
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored both the cognitive and affective images and examined the effects of destination image through both aspects on satisfaction levels and tourist loyalty, and found that the cognitive image had a direct influence on the affective image and confirmed the formation process of the destination image.
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The healthcare hotel: Distinctive attributes for international medical travelers
TL;DR: The results from the structural model revealed that the proposed relationships among study variables are positively and significantly associated, and perceptions/cognitions, affect, and trust were found to be mediators in the proposed theoretical framework.
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Medical tourism: Sea, sun, sand and … surgery
TL;DR: The rise of medical tourism emphasises the privatisation of health care, the growing dependence on technology, uneven access to health resources and the accelerated globalisation of both health care and tourism.
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Wellness tourism: Market analysis of a special health tourism segment and implications for the hotel industry:
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the quality dimension of wellness services, which is increasingly becoming the decisive competitive factor for the wellness industry and the importance of quality management plays an important role.
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Health and Wellness Tourism
Melanie Smith,László Puczkó +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, Petroune et al. present the future of health and wellness tourism in terms of management and management issues in health and well-being tourism, as well as a review of the current state of the art.
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Medical tourism: assessing the evidence on treatment abroad.
Neil Lunt,Percivil Carrera +1 more
TL;DR: The review sought to identify the medical tourist literature for out-of-pocket payments, focusing wherever possible on evidence and experience pertaining to patients in mid-life and beyond, and drew attention to gaps in research evidence.
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Medical tourism: globalization of the healthcare marketplace
TL;DR: It is projected that as many as 750,000 Americans will seek offshore medical care in 2007, and this trend will have increasing impact on the healthcare landscape in industrialized and developing countries around the world.