Promoting Medical Tourism: The Advantages

Milica Z. Bookman and Karla R. Bookman

Chapter Chapter 5 in Medical Tourism in Developing Countries, 2007, pp 95-137 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Why does Malaysia attract medical tourists while Mauritania does not? Given that all developing countries face the same international environment in which there is a growing demand for health care, as well as a high income elasticity for medical services and increased outsourcing of all services, why do some countries succeed in developing a medical tourism industry while others do not? In chapter 1 it was stated that the ten countries under study possess advantages over other developing countries that have enabled medical tourism to take off.

Keywords: Human Capital; Skilled Worker; Destination Country; Medical Tourism; Brain Drain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230605657_5

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