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

Viktoriia Vovk, Lyudmila Beztelesna and Olha Pliashko
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Viktoriia Vovk: Department of Economics, Stanisław Staszic University of Applied Sciences in Piła, 64-920 Piła, Poland
Lyudmila Beztelesna: Department of Management, Academic and Research Institute of Economics and Management, National University of Water and Environmental Engineering, 33028 Rivne, Ukraine
Olha Pliashko: Department of Economics and Business Management, Faculty of Documentary Communications, Management, Technology and Physics, Rivne State University of Humanities, 33000 Rivne, Ukraine

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 21, 1-17

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: medical tourism; international tourism; economic growth; healthcare service; healthcare system; institutional environment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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