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Looking at Medical Tourism from an academic perspective

The prospects of growth in the medical tourism industry are increasing every single day. These prospects have made the academic perspective of the medical tourism industry much clearer. It is no more an industry that deals with treating patients while they are on a vacation. It has rather become an important part of the world businesses.

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It makes more investors invest for its further growth. This industry has become a job opportunity and has the potential to absorb a number of people owing to its continued growth, which is not going to stagnate in anytime soon. This has been the major reason for academic developments in the field of medical tourism, as it helps in knowledge and understanding of the elements of the medical tourism industry.

Growth of patient mobility – steady increase in medical tourism

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The increase in number of patients travelling to avail medical treatments form other destinations has indeed flourished the medical tourism industry. There have been a lot many contributing factors like low cost flights etc for the growth of patient mobility throughout the world.

Easy travel options and availability of medical tourism facilitators has made a huge difference to this industry. It is because of these service providers that people feel more enchanted towards travelling to other destinations for surgeries and other medical procedures.

Growth factors associated with the medical tourism industry

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Social acceptability: The world and its culture have changes tremendously. The social views about concepts of cosmetic surgeries and other enhancing medical procedures have changed. There is a greater social acceptability regarding the entire concept of medical tourism industry today.

Strong economic base: Today, the economic position of all individuals stands strong in comparison to a few years back. People today have greater availability to resources, which makes an increasing populous want to travel abroad for their medical treatments.

Lack of research – a major downside

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Even though the medical tourism industry has grown tremendously, it still lacks some important embodiments that need to be worked upon to achieve further excellence. Lack of research programs, which are formal in their approach, is one of the major downsides of the medical tourism industry. Currently, there are hardly any researches being funded by trusts, and various other medical tourism organizations. This lack of research keeps the general public ill informed about the actual scenario of the industry.

The kind of research activities needed

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  • Patient experience: There is a lot need for publication of patient experience during the entire medical tourism experience. This will provide a more personalized perspective to the medical tourism industry and its working protocols.
  • Price and quality researches: There is indeed immense need of extensive research work on the price and quality models of various medical centers established in the medical tourism destinations. As we have often heard that appearances are often deceptive, it is important to conduct proper researches to know if the case with the medical centers around the globe is such or not.

Responsibilities of medical tourism facilitators

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It is highly important that medical tourism facilitators and service providers know their role, responsibilities and boundaries for contributing to the growth processes of the medical tourism industry. Integrity is one of the major enlistments that have to be looked after at all circumstances. The way the information is transferred has to be correct. A medical tourism facilitator is an important embodiment in the making of the medical tourism industry and therefore, they should resort to measures that drive the industry towards success.

Ethics and safety records

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Medical tourism is an industry where ethical examining carries a lot of importance. The industry has very huge stakes; therefore, for effective functioning it is important for all the elements associated with the industry to maintain proper ethical conduct and safety records.

Summary

An academic perspective helps in understanding the core elements of the medical tourism industry that are responsible for the success and downsides of the industry.

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