Identification of Factors for the Development of Medical Tourism in the World

The overall objective of the given paper was to study the relationship of inbound medical tourism destinations with international tourism, economic development of recipient countries, the development of national healthcare systems and the institutional features of their environment, in terms of prot...

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Autores principales:	Viktoriia Vovk, Lyudmila Beztelesna, Olha Pliashko
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	medical tourism international tourism economic growth healthcare service healthcare system institutional environment Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ff7179ee3c0b44e58ff99776cca74f1d2021-11-11T16:21:13ZIdentification of Factors for the Development of Medical Tourism in the World10.3390/ijerph1821112051660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/ff7179ee3c0b44e58ff99776cca74f1d2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/21/11205https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601The overall objective of the given paper was to study the relationship of inbound medical tourism destinations with international tourism, economic development of recipient countries, the development of national healthcare systems and the institutional features of their environment, in terms of protection of the rights and freedoms of both business and citizens. In order to achieve this objective, the authors used methods of grouping, as well as correlation and regression analysis. The conducted study revealed that the formation of medical tourism destinations in countries with high social and economic development occurs in a balanced and unidirectional manner; simultaneously, one can see that the countries with “new economic development” form a sufficiently powerful and competitive market for medical tourism. All these countries have one thing in common: namely, there is a link between medical tourism and healthcare funding, international tourism and development of political and civil freedoms. Nevertheless, the noted aspects are not dominant enough, and this indicates that there are other internal factors and their configurations which shape a positive image of countries for medical tourism development. This finding leads to the necessity of further analysis in this field with a breakdown into separate countries or destinations.Viktoriia VovkLyudmila BeztelesnaOlha PliashkoMDPI AGarticlemedical tourisminternational tourismeconomic growthhealthcare servicehealthcare systeminstitutional environmentMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11205, p 11205 (2021)
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spellingShingle	medical tourism international tourism economic growth healthcare service healthcare system institutional environment Medicine R Viktoriia Vovk Lyudmila Beztelesna Olha Pliashko Identification of Factors for the Development of Medical Tourism in the World
description	The overall objective of the given paper was to study the relationship of inbound medical tourism destinations with international tourism, economic development of recipient countries, the development of national healthcare systems and the institutional features of their environment, in terms of protection of the rights and freedoms of both business and citizens. In order to achieve this objective, the authors used methods of grouping, as well as correlation and regression analysis. The conducted study revealed that the formation of medical tourism destinations in countries with high social and economic development occurs in a balanced and unidirectional manner; simultaneously, one can see that the countries with “new economic development” form a sufficiently powerful and competitive market for medical tourism. All these countries have one thing in common: namely, there is a link between medical tourism and healthcare funding, international tourism and development of political and civil freedoms. Nevertheless, the noted aspects are not dominant enough, and this indicates that there are other internal factors and their configurations which shape a positive image of countries for medical tourism development. This finding leads to the necessity of further analysis in this field with a breakdown into separate countries or destinations.
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title	Identification of Factors for the Development of Medical Tourism in the World
title_short	Identification of Factors for the Development of Medical Tourism in the World
title_full	Identification of Factors for the Development of Medical Tourism in the World
title_fullStr	Identification of Factors for the Development of Medical Tourism in the World
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Identification of Factors for the Development of Medical Tourism in the World

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