Identifying the Research Extent of Medical Tourism in the World and the Components of Attracting Medical Tourists in Iran
Introduction: Health tourism is an organized trip from one's living environment to another place, which is done in order to maintain, improve and regain physical and mental health. The purpose of this research was to identify the most important factors affecting medical tourism in Iran. Methods...
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| author | Mohammad Dehghani Mahmoudabadi Iravan Masoudi Asl Soad Mahfoozpour Somayeh Hessam |
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| description | Introduction: Health tourism is an organized trip from one's living environment to another place, which is done in order to maintain, improve and regain physical and mental health. The purpose of this research was to identify the most important factors affecting medical tourism in Iran.
Methods: This was a fundamental study that was conducted in two phases. The first phase consisted of two steps. The first step was to perform a systematic review with the keyword of "MEDICAL TOURISM" on Web of Science and select 434 articles, and the second step was to perform a scientometric analysis on these articles using VOSviewer software. The second phase consisted of three steps. The first step was a systematic review with some keywords, including "MEDICAL TOURISM" and "medical tourism" on foreign and domestic databases and selecting 63 articles. The second step was to perform a content analysis on the selected articles using Nvivo software and identify the components affecting medical tourism in the world. The third step was the implementation of a Delphi method using a Likert scale with the aim of identifying the most important factors affecting medical tourism in Iran from the point of view of academic experts.
Results: The first phase showed that the scope of research on the topic of medical tourism in the world had an upward trend from 1975 to 2020, and the countries of America, Canada, Malaysia, South Korea and Iran were the top 5 countries in this field. In the second phase, 46 factors affecting medical tourism in the world were identified, and after summarizing the opinions of experts, 39 indicators were determined as indicators affecting medical tourism in Iran.
Conclusion: Considering the high number and variety of factors affecting medical tourism in Iran, the development of this industry in the country requires extensive intra- and inter-sectorial coordination.
Corresponding Author: Mohammad Dehghani Mahmoudabadi
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| spelling | doaj.art-53485ad14d324cddb546f95a22540e6f2023-11-12T05:29:40ZfasShahid Sadoughi University of Medical SciencesMajallah-i Dānishgāh-i ’Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Shahīd Ṣadūqī Yazd2228-57412228-57332023-11-0131869126926Identifying the Research Extent of Medical Tourism in the World and the Components of Attracting Medical Tourists in IranMohammad Dehghani Mahmoudabadi0Iravan Masoudi Asl1Soad Mahfoozpour2Somayeh Hessam3 Department of Health Services Management, Science & Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. Department of Health Services Management, Science & Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. Department of Health Services Management, Science & Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. Department of Health Services Management, Science & Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. Introduction: Health tourism is an organized trip from one's living environment to another place, which is done in order to maintain, improve and regain physical and mental health. The purpose of this research was to identify the most important factors affecting medical tourism in Iran. Methods: This was a fundamental study that was conducted in two phases. The first phase consisted of two steps. The first step was to perform a systematic review with the keyword of "MEDICAL TOURISM" on Web of Science and select 434 articles, and the second step was to perform a scientometric analysis on these articles using VOSviewer software. The second phase consisted of three steps. The first step was a systematic review with some keywords, including "MEDICAL TOURISM" and "medical tourism" on foreign and domestic databases and selecting 63 articles. The second step was to perform a content analysis on the selected articles using Nvivo software and identify the components affecting medical tourism in the world. The third step was the implementation of a Delphi method using a Likert scale with the aim of identifying the most important factors affecting medical tourism in Iran from the point of view of academic experts. Results: The first phase showed that the scope of research on the topic of medical tourism in the world had an upward trend from 1975 to 2020, and the countries of America, Canada, Malaysia, South Korea and Iran were the top 5 countries in this field. In the second phase, 46 factors affecting medical tourism in the world were identified, and after summarizing the opinions of experts, 39 indicators were determined as indicators affecting medical tourism in Iran. Conclusion: Considering the high number and variety of factors affecting medical tourism in Iran, the development of this industry in the country requires extensive intra- and inter-sectorial coordination. Corresponding Author: Mohammad Dehghani Mahmoudabadi View Orcid in Profile You can search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar Profilehttp://jssu.ssu.ac.ir/article-1-5947-en.pdftourismmedical tourismhealth tourism |
| spellingShingle | Mohammad Dehghani Mahmoudabadi Iravan Masoudi Asl Soad Mahfoozpour Somayeh Hessam Identifying the Research Extent of Medical Tourism in the World and the Components of Attracting Medical Tourists in Iran Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ’Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Shahīd Ṣadūqī Yazd tourism medical tourism health tourism |
| title | Identifying the Research Extent of Medical Tourism in the World and the Components of Attracting Medical Tourists in Iran |
| title_full | Identifying the Research Extent of Medical Tourism in the World and the Components of Attracting Medical Tourists in Iran |
| title_fullStr | Identifying the Research Extent of Medical Tourism in the World and the Components of Attracting Medical Tourists in Iran |
| title_full_unstemmed | Identifying the Research Extent of Medical Tourism in the World and the Components of Attracting Medical Tourists in Iran |
| title_short | Identifying the Research Extent of Medical Tourism in the World and the Components of Attracting Medical Tourists in Iran |
| title_sort | identifying the research extent of medical tourism in the world and the components of attracting medical tourists in iran |
| topic | tourism medical tourism health tourism |
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