Document Type
Article
Article Version
Post-print
Publication Date
3-5-2018
Abstract
Even though American health care providers have incessantly raised their prices, medical insurers have managed to achieve (greater) profitability covering fewer services for a smaller number of clientele every year. Against this backdrop, there has been a sharp increase in the number of people seeking health care in foreign countries. Using prospect theory, this study finds medical tourism consideration to be driven by domestic medical costs, patient privacy concerns, medical restrictions, and foreign destination desirability. The latter is in turn influenced by tourist attractions and service quality assurance in addition to domestic medical costs. The findings and their implications and limitations are also discussed.
Publication Title
Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management
Repository Citation
Zolfagharian, Mohammadali; Rajamma, Rajasree K.; Naderi, Iman; and Torkzadeh, Samaneh, "Determinants of medical tourism destination selection process" (2018). Business Faculty Publications. 183.
https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/business-facultypubs/183
Published Citation
Zolfagharian, Mohammadali, et al. "Determinants of medical tourism destination selection process." Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management, 27, no. 7 (2018): 1-20. doi:10.1080/19368623.2018.1444527.
DOI
10.1080/19368623.2018.1444527
Peer Reviewed
Comments
Copyright 2018 Taylor & Francis
“This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management on 5 March 2018, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/19368623.2018.1444527.”
The author post-print has been archived here with permission from the copyright holder.