Medical Tourism and Wellness
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Medical Tourism and Wellness

Hospitality Bridging Healthcare (H2H)

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eBook - ePub

Medical Tourism and Wellness

Hospitality Bridging Healthcare (H2H)

About this book

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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CONTENTS

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

Jiseon Ahn
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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Editor: H. G. Parsa, PhD
Consulting Editor: Vivaja “Vi” Narapareddy, PhD
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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
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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
Hospitality Marketing and Consumer Behavior: Creating Memorable Experiences
Editor: Vinnie Jauhari, PhD
Women and Travel: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
Editors: Catheryn Khoo-Lattimore, PhD, and Erica Wilson, PhD
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Editor: Johra Kayeser Fatima, PhD
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Editor: Frederick J. DeMicco, PhD, RD
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