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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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Global Outsourcing of Healthcare: A Medical Tourism Decision Model
Pamela C. Smith,Dana A. Forgione +1 more
TL;DR: A two-stage model for medical tourism is developed - the first stage being the evaluation of the foreign country and the second stage choosing the healthcare facility, suggesting that no one factor is dominant in the decision, but all play a crucial role in choosing healthcare on an international basis.
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Pleasure and pain: Medical travel in Asia
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the industry development in four countries: Thailand, India, Malaysia, and Singapore, providing a preliminary review of the political economy of the industry, marketing strategies, and linkages.
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The effects of medical tourism: Thailand's experience
Anchana NaRanong,Viroj NaRanong +1 more
TL;DR: Medical tourism in Thailand, despite some benefits, has negative effects that could be mitigated by lifting the restrictions on the importation of qualified foreign physicians and by taxing tourists who visit the country solely for the purpose of seeking medical treatment.
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Seeking affective health care: Korean immigrants' use of homeland medical services.
TL;DR: This paper examines the case of Korean immigrants to New Zealand making trips to their homeland to obtain medical operations and highlights a particular link between health and place: that if financially able, immigrant patients will seek not only effective, but also affective medical care.
Niche Tourism: an introduction
Mike Robinson,Marina Novelli +1 more
TL;DR: Niche tourism examines one of the fastest growing areas within the tourism sector as mentioned in this paper, and provides an integrated picture of speciality/niche tourism as a whole looking at both the macro and micro niche areas.