Factors affecting foreign patients' choice in seeking medical treatment in Singapore.
Although there were several studies that sought to understand the motivations behind travelling abroad for medical treatment, there was no statistically reliable study on the situation in Singapore. In order to address this gap in literature, a study was carried out amongst the foreign patients who...
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| author | Chew, Jiahui. Lin, Rongfeng. Tan, Ee Sin. |
| author2 | Gan, Lydia Loo Geok |
| author_facet | Gan, Lydia Loo Geok Chew, Jiahui. Lin, Rongfeng. Tan, Ee Sin. |
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| description | Although there were several studies that sought to understand the motivations behind travelling abroad for medical treatment, there was no statistically reliable study on the situation in Singapore. In order to address this gap in literature, a study was carried out amongst the foreign patients who patronised six hospitals from both private and public sectors in Singapore. Using a quantitative questionnaire as the research instrument and factor analysis, the resulting six categories of factors shed light on the selection criterion of foreign patients when they choose a healthcare provider from Singapore. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/101742023-05-19T05:44:56Z Factors affecting foreign patients' choice in seeking medical treatment in Singapore. Chew, Jiahui. Lin, Rongfeng. Tan, Ee Sin. Gan, Lydia Loo Geok Nanyang Business School DRNTU::Business Although there were several studies that sought to understand the motivations behind travelling abroad for medical treatment, there was no statistically reliable study on the situation in Singapore. In order to address this gap in literature, a study was carried out amongst the foreign patients who patronised six hospitals from both private and public sectors in Singapore. Using a quantitative questionnaire as the research instrument and factor analysis, the resulting six categories of factors shed light on the selection criterion of foreign patients when they choose a healthcare provider from Singapore. 2008-09-24T07:40:50Z 2008-09-24T07:40:50Z 2006 2006 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/10174 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Business Chew, Jiahui. Lin, Rongfeng. Tan, Ee Sin. Factors affecting foreign patients' choice in seeking medical treatment in Singapore. |
| title | Factors affecting foreign patients' choice in seeking medical treatment in Singapore. |
| title_full | Factors affecting foreign patients' choice in seeking medical treatment in Singapore. |
| title_fullStr | Factors affecting foreign patients' choice in seeking medical treatment in Singapore. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors affecting foreign patients' choice in seeking medical treatment in Singapore. |
| title_short | Factors affecting foreign patients' choice in seeking medical treatment in Singapore. |
| title_sort | factors affecting foreign patients choice in seeking medical treatment in singapore |
| topic | DRNTU::Business |
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