Management Plan For Rediscovering A Hidden Treasure-Medical Tourism
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 4
Abstract
Medical tourism is commonly an encountered practice worldwide. More and more people choose to travel to find the best solution in solving their health care. They are looking for high quality medical services, quick access to certain medical procedures and care at more affordable prices than those charged for the same facilities in their internal medical system. For all those reasons, medical tourism is a growing branch in Romania, which through the natural beauty and the exceptional professionalism of the doctors, meets all the conditions to attract tourist-patients. This study will present a proper understanding of the concept of Medical Tourism and what does it include. In order to complete the research, the methodology has been achieved on a mixture of research methods, as primary and secondary data analysis, doubled by a qualitative analysis based on interviews and questionnaires. Data were collected from the Romanian Medical Tourism Association (ARTM), the International Forum for Medical Tourism (FITS), the Romanian Association of Balneology (ARB), as well as collected during Conferences, extracted from reports and from Government Publications. By reading this paper, those interested in research, or interested in finding their health, everyone will find which are the most important factors that attract tourist to choose Romania as a destination for their medical treatment. In order to realize the present paper, the main established aim was related to an analysis of the Medical Tourism in Romania and what does it offer. In this respect, the interested readers will observe the conceptual framework of the medical tourism, the manner it develops in Romania, as well as the importance and the facilities provided by this new economic sector. Through this paper, we have endeavoured to determine the evolution of the Medical Tourism in Romania over the last years and due to the data analysis, there will be given further management guidelines regarding the Medical Tourism development. These guidelines, which are rather a management plan, may be applicable absolutely in any country in the world that can combine these wonderful factors, which are natural beauties and medical abilities.
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Laurențiu-Mihai Treapăt
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