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Contemporary medical tourism: Conceptualisation, culture and commodification
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An overview is given of the short history and rapid rise of medical tourism, its documentation, and current knowledge and analysis of the industry.About:
This article is published in Tourism Management.The article was published on 2013-02-01. It has received 465 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Tourism geography & Tourism.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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Customer retention in the medical tourism industry: Impact of quality, satisfaction, trust, and price reasonableness
Heesup Han,Sunghyup Sean Hyun +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a model explaining international medical travelers' intention formation by considering the impact of quality, satisfaction, trust, and price reasonableness on their intention to visit medical clinics.
Destination marketing organizations and destination marketing : a narrative analysis of the literature
Steven Pike,Stephen J. Page +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the first narrative analysis of the areas of research that have developed within the destination marketing field since its commencement in 1973 and address a number of themes including nomenclature and the Destination Marketing Organisation (DMO), the evolution of destination marketing literature, competitiveness as the DMO reason d'etre, and DMO effectiveness.
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Destination Marketing Organizations and destination marketing: a narrative analysis of the literature.
Steven Pike,Stephen J. Page +1 more
TL;DR: The Accepted Manuscript version of the following article is available online via DOI: https://doi.tourman.2013.09.009 as mentioned in this paper, and the final, definitive version of Record is available on the Web site.
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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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Medical tourism: emerging biosecurity and nosocomial issues
C. Michael Hall,Michael J. James +1 more
TL;DR: There are substantial risks associated with nosocomial infections and complications as a result of international tourism, and further systematic research is required to assess risk management strategies including the appropriateness of international and national regulations.
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Medical tourism: reverse subsidy for the elite.
TL;DR: There is a distinct disjunction between the neglect of the health care needs of ordinary Indians and public policy that today subsidizes the health Care of wealthy foreigners.
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Reproductive Tourism in the Age of Globalization
TL;DR: The authors examines the tensions between national regulations and the global marketplace for assisted fertility services, paying attention to the patchwork of national policies regarding reproductive technologies in the face of multilateral trade agreements, regional confederations, technological development, the forces of global capital, and consumer desire.
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Challenges of medical travel to global regulation: A case study of reproductive travel in Asia
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the challenges medical travel poses for the development and implementation of health regulation in Asia and examine the prospects for a global response towards the regulation of such trade, which will require cooperation across sectors, international government organizations, state, and non-state actors to deal with the transnational interdependence it involves and to protect the rights of vulnerable groups.
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Bikinis and Bandages: An Itinerary for Cosmetic Surgery Tourism:
TL;DR: This paper explored the ways in which cosmetic surgery tourism can be thought of specifically as a tourist experience and explored the elements of tourism that seem important to a successful tourist experience, including a sense of place, constituted through cultural and physical proximity or distance, and discursive and physical construction of a destination's particular characteristics.