The Economic Determinants of the World Medical Tourism Industry Development
The Economic Determinants of the World Medical Tourism Industry Development
Author(s): Vadim Victorovych Baiev, Ivan Stepanovich Bakhov, Nataliia Vasylivna HOLOVACH, Liybov Oleksandrivna Zgalat-LozynskaSubject(s): Economy, Tourism
Published by: ASERS Publishing
Keywords: medical tourism; medical tourism components; economic determinants; diagnostic-therapeutic tourism; health and beauty tourism; health resort treatment tourism;
Summary/Abstract: The paper considers the main types of medical tourism – diagnostic-therapeutic, health and beauty, and health resort treatment. It specifies the basic prerequisites for development of the international medical tourism industry – cost and quality of medical services, accreditation of medical institutions in compliance with international quality standards; development of medical tourism clusters.
Journal: Journal of Environmental Management and Tourism (JEMT)
- Issue Year: X/2019
- Issue No: 06 (38)
- Page Range: 1392-1398
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English
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