background: informing plays a prominent role in attracting medical tourists. the enjoyment of proper medical information systems is one of the most important tools for the attraction of medical tourists. iran's ability in designing and implementing information networks has remained largely unknown. the current study aimed to explore information needs for designing a medical tourism website. met...

introduction: increasing pressure on available funds in health care section especially hospitals, enhances the need of analyzing different strategies in economic terms. one of the solutions for the optimal use of financial resources and potentials in hospitals and health care centers is using elements of the marketing mix. in this way we could make the best use of the resources and cause a retu...

in this edge, medical tourism is not a new idea. medical treatment is one of the essential demands of human beings and it requires high quality and intensive care. beside western world, few developing countries are playing key roles as medical tourism destinations. india is one of the leading names among these countries. the purpose of the paper is to find the factors influencing the attractive...

introduction: equitable access to a basic set of health services at minimum quality and   affordable price is the right of every citizen and in all countries the governments have the duty to deliver these services to the population. international trade in health services influences the balance between equitable distribution of these services, creating incentives to improve the efficiency of hea...

Health tourism in Hungary holds major opportunities. When analysing medical and wellness accommodation data, it can be stated that the Hungarian population is keenly interested in health-related tourism services. From the aspect of further development, health tourism based on medical services can be a take-off point for Hungarian tourism. In my opinion, the next few years will be crucial for Hu...

This article is a commentary of an overview on “medical tourism” submitted by Lunt and Marrion, which describes a framework for the study of the issues related to medical tourism. The commentary attempts to differentiate between the current interest in medical tourism and the time-honored and well-established treatment abroad from countries with underdeveloped health systems. The commentary als...

BACKGROUND Medical tourism is now targeted by many hospitals and governments worldwide for further growth and investment. Southeast Asia provides what is perhaps the best documented example of medical tourism development and promotion on a regional scale, but interest in the practice is growing in locations where it is not yet established. Numerous governments and private hospitals in the Carib...

Medical tourism has been growing rapidly in recent years. This trend causing the information about medical tourism destination will increase significantly. The information of medial tourism has been found online started from the demographic spread of the potential medical tourists and destination. However, the growth of information available on the web nowadays has led to information overload, ...

INTRODUCTION Many studies examining the phenomena of medical tourism have identified health equity issues associated with this global health services practice. However, there is a notable lack of attention in this existing research to the informal care provided by the friends and family members who typically accompany medical tourists abroad. To date, researchers have not examined the care role...