Medical Tourism and Wellness: Hospitality Bridging Healthcare (H2H) takes a systems approach to examining the growing field of medical tourism, one of the field's hottest niches, with billions of dollars spent each year. This important book fills the need for a modern management book that looks at medical tourism in depth from a medical and hospitality operational management perspective.
Growing numbers of people are going abroad to find affordable quality medical care for both necessary and cosmetic medical services. When they require surgery or dental work, they combine it with a trip to the Taj Mahal, a photo safari on the African veldt, or a stay at a luxury hotel—or at a hospital that feels like one—all at bargain-basement prices. The book takes a comprehensive look at medical tourism, covering such topics as:
The history of medical tourism
Why patients/tourists decide to travel for medical care
The role of professional facilitators of medical tourism
Key countries and medical disciplines in medical tourism
Transportation, food, entertainment, and hotel/hospitality services
Hotel and spa designs for medical tourism
Best practices in medical tourism
Patient follow-up after medical discharge
Future trends in medical tourism
Careers in medical tourism
With the inclusion of case studies, the book provides a comprehensive look into this growing trend and will be valuable to upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in health care administration and those pursing MBAs in healthcare, medical students pursuing a management focus, and students in hospitality management. It will also be a must-have resource for professionals working in hotels and in health care.
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Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77004, United States.
Ki-Joon Back
Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77004, United States.
Dan Cormany
San Jose State University, California, United States. E-mail: [email protected].
Frederick J. DeMicco
Department of Hospitality Business Management (formerly the Department of Hotel, Restaurant & Institutional Management), Lerner College of Business & Economics, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States. E-mail: [email protected].
Plato Ghinos
Shaner Hotel Group, State College, PA 16803, United States.
Scott Giannotti
The Cannabis and Hemp Association, New York, NY, United States. E-mail: [email protected].
Simon Hudson
The University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, United States. E-mail: [email protected].
Nan Jiang
Lerner College of Business & Economics, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States.
Xiang (Robert) Li
The University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, United States.
Mengyu Li (Molly)
Department of Hospitality Business Management, The University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States.
Alicia M. Mason
Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS 66762, United States. E-mail: [email protected].
Allison Mast
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States.
Barbara Otto-Bedard
Revenue Cycle Consultant, Healthcare, Salisbury MD, United States. E-mail: [email protected].
Jungkun Park
College of Technology (RCS), University of Houston, Houston, TX 77004, United States.
Dongqiong Patty Luo
Department of Hospitality Business Management (formerly the Department of Hotel, Restaurant & Institutional Management), Lerner College of Business & Economics, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States.
Ali Poorani
Department of Hospitality Business Management, The University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States. E-mail: [email protected].
Erfan Rezvani
Department of Hospitality Business Management (formerly the Department of Hotel, Restaurant & Institutional Management), Lerner College of Business & Economics, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States.
Elizabeth Spencer
Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS 66762, United States.
Mike Teng
Department of Hospitality Business Management (formerly the Department of Hotel, Restaurant & Institutional Management), Lerner College of Business & Economics, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States.
Jingyan Wang
University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States.
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
ACA
Affordable Care Act
ADR
Average daily rates
ANCC
American Nurses Credentialing Center
BPaaS
Business process as a service
CAHPS
Consumer assessment of healthcare providers and systems
CAT
Communication accommodation theory
CDC
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
CGSP
Certified Guest Service Professional
CHM
Chinese herbal medicine
CIC
China Investment Corp.
CMS
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CVM
Contingency valuation method
DMC
Destination medical community
EHR
Electronic health record
EMTALA
Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act
EVT
Expectancy violations theory
H2H
Hospitality bridging healthcare
HDI
Human development index
IPPS
Inpatient prospective payment system
JCI
Joint Commission International
KHIDI
Korea Health Industry Development Institute
KTO
Korea Tourism Organization
MHTC
Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council
MTAM
Medical tourism analysis map
NAAL
National assessment of adult literacy
PESTEL
Political, economic, social, technological, environmental, and legal
SHMTPPP
Shanghai Medical Tourism Products & Promotion Platform
STR
Smith Travel Research
SWOT
Strength, weakness, opportunity, and threat
TAT
Tourism Authority of Thailand
TCM
Traditional Chinese medicine
UNDP
United Nations Development Program
ADVANCES IN HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM BOOK SERIES BY APPLE ACADEMIC PRESS, INC.
Editor-in-Chief: Mahmood A. Khan, PhD Professor, Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Falls Church, Virginia, USA Email: [email protected]
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Sustainability, Social Responsibility and Innovations in the Hospitality Industry Editor: H. G. Parsa, PhD Consulting Editor: Vivaja “Vi” Narapareddy, PhD Associate Editors: SooCheong (Shawn) Jang, PhD, Marival Segarra-Oña, PhD, and Rachel J. C. Chen, PhD, CHE
Managing Sustainability in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry: Paradigms and Directions for the Future Editor: Vinnie Jauhari, PhD
Management Science in Hospitality and Tourism: Theory, Practice, and Applications Editors: Muzaffer Uysal, PhD, Zvi Schwartz, PhD, and Ercan Sirakaya-Turk, PhD
Tourism in Central Asia: Issues and Challenges Editors: Kemal Kantarci, PhD, Muzaffer Uysal, PhD, and Vincent Magnini, PhD
Poverty Alleviation through Tourism Development: A Comprehensive and Integrated Approach Robertico Croes, PhD, and Manuel Rivera, PhD
Chinese Outbound Tourism 2.0 Editor: Xiang (Robert) Li, PhD
Sustainable Viticulture: The Vines and Wines of Burgundy Claude Chapuis
The Indian Hospitality Industry: Dynamics and Future Tre...
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