Medical Tourism in Germany Determinants of International Patients' Destination Choice /

• Main Author: Schmerler, Klaus (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Developments in Health Economics and Public Policy, 13
• Subjects: Health economics.; Tourism.; Management.; Public health.; International economics.; Econometrics.; Health care management.; Health services administration.; Health Economics.; Tourism Management.; Public Health.; International Economics.; Health Care Management.

This book examines the drivers of inbound medical tourism in Germany. In light of growing international trade of medical services, it provides a quantitative analysis of the determinants of international patients' choice of destination. It develops coherent definitions of medical tourism and me...

Table of Contents:

• A Dearth of Empirical Investigations
• Traveling for Treatment: Taxonomy, Patient Flows and Candidate Drivers
• The Sum of Its Parts: A Structured Approach to the Modeling of Destination Choice
• Drivers of Medical Travel at the National Level
• Drivers of Medical Travel at the Hospital Level
• Drivers of Medical Tourism at the Individual Level
• Connecting the Dots: Implications for Destinations and Policy Makers.