Significance, experiences and suggestions for developing international medical tourism
10.3969/j.issn.1674-2982.2015.02.011
- VernacularTitle:发展国际医疗旅游的意义、经验及建议
- Author:
Xiufeng WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Medical tourism;
International experiences;
Healthcare industry
- From:
Chinese Journal of Health Policy
2015;(2):66-70
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
On the basis of drawing on recently published literature on international medical tourism, this paper comprehensively summarizes the effects thereof on driving economic growth, expanding employment and improving in-ternational competitive power, analyzes the main driving forces for the international medical tourism development and the experiences from Thailand, India, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, etc. According to China’s advantages and dis-advantages and learning from the international experience, this paper proposes suggestions to develop China’s interna-tional medical tourism, including an improvement to the management system, formulating international medical tourism development strategies, building brand characteristics with traditional Chinese medicine, constructing ‘Ex-perimental and Leading Area’ , and promoting international certification for the medical institutions and services.
