Management of Significant Factors Involved in Medical Tourism

Abstract

Abstract: Nowadays many people travel abroad for receiving the medical care, as there exists innovative medical treatment procedures which are available in very few developed countries. This process can be termed as “Medical Tourism”. The patient with a particular disease seeking for the medical treatment will look for the more efficient treatment procedure where the patient can be cured within a less period of time and at minimum cost. Increase in popularity of “medical tourism” have captured the attention of researchers, media and the policy makers. The role of Internet and travel industries matters a lot in “medical tourism” process, as the people will look for the closest destination to travel for the treatment which will reduce the transportation cost. Cost, quality and the type of treatments along with the guidelines for medical tourists are considered to be the major factors of medical tourism which are discussed in this paper.