Medical Tourism Research Center
PO Box 1510
Pembroke, NC 28372
Phone: 910.521.6592
Email: mtrc@uncp.edu
scholarly journal articles
business-tourism
Bennett, M, B., & King, L. Milner. (2009). The Health resort sector in Australia: A positioning study. Journal of Vacation Marketing.
Carabello, L. (2008). A medical tourism primer for U.S. physicians. Medical Practice Management. 23(5), 291-294.
Connell, J. (2006). Medical tourism: Sea, sun, sand and … surgery. Tourism Management. 27(6), 1093-1100.
Demicco, F. J. & Cetron, M. (2006). Club medic. Asia Pacific Biotech News. 10(10), 527-531.
Dhariwal, R. (2005). Tourists arrivals in India: how important are domestic disorders? Tourism Economics. 11(2), 185-205.
Dunn, P. (2007). Medical Tourism Takes Flight. Hospitals & Health Networks. 81(11).
Dunn, P. (2007). An American in Bangkok. Hospitals & Health Networks. 81(11), 43.
Fernandez, L. S., Byard, D., Lin, C. C., Benson, S., & Barbera, J. A. (2002). Frail elderly as disaster victims: emergency management strategies. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 17(2), 67-74.
Fried, B. & Harris, D. (2007). Managing healthcare services in the global marketplace. Frontiers of Health Services Management, 24(2), 3-18.
Gan, L., & Frederick, J. (2011). Medical tourism in Singapore: a structure-conduct-performance analysis. Journal of Asia-Pacific Business. 12(2), pp. 141-170
Gitelson, R., & Kerstetter, D. (1994). The influence of friends and relatives in travel decision-making. Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing. 3(3), 59-68.
Henderson, J. (2004). Healthcare tourism in Southeast Asia. Tourism Review International. 7(3-4), 111-121.
Henderson, J. C. (2004). Paradigm shifts: national tourism organizations and education and healthcare tourism. The case of Singapore. Tourism and Hospitality Research, 5(2), 170-180.
Horowitz, M. D., & Rosensweig, J. A. (2008). Medical tourism vs. traditional international medical travel: A tale of two models. International Medical Travel Journal. 1-14.
Horowitz, M. D., & Rosensweig, J. A. (2007). Medical tourism - health care in the global economy. The Physician Executive. November/December, 24-30.
Huan, T. C., Beaman, J., & Shelby, L. (2004). No escape natural disaster- mitigating impacts on tourism. Annals of Tourism Research, 31(2), 255-273.
Huan, T. C., Beaman, J., & Shelby, L. (2004). No escape natural disaster- mitigating impacts on tourism. Annals of Tourism Research. 31(2), 255-273.
Iso-Ahola, S. E. (1987). Toward a psychological theory of tourism motivation: a rejoinder. Annals of Tourism Research 14(3): 314-331.
Kramer, C. (2010). Medical tourism: alternatives to the United States healthcare system. Undergraduate Economic Review, 7(1), 1-9.
Lagace, Martha. (2007). The rise of medical tourism- Q&A with: Tarun Khanna. Harvard Business School- Working Knowledge. 1-2.
Lee, Chew Ging. (2009). Heath care and tourism: Evidence from Singapore. Tourism Management. 1-3.
Lee, K. S., Chia, G. K., & Chen, Y. C. (2005). Developing medical tourism in Singapore-an analysis using principles from Sun Zi art of war. MBA Dissertation. Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Mak, A. H. N., Wong, K. K. F., & Chang, R. C. Y. (2009). Health or self-indulgence? The motivations and characteristics of spa-goers. International Journal of Tourism Research 11, 185–199.
Mueller, H, & Kaufmann, E. (2001). Wellness tourism: Market analysis of a special health tourism segment and implications for the hotel industry. Journal of Vacation Marketing. 7.
Page, Stephen J. (2009). Current issue in tourism: The evolution of travel medicine research: A new research agenda for tourism? Tourism Management. 30, 149–157.
Seddighi, H., Nuttall, M., & Theocharous, A. (2001). Does cultural background of tourists influence the destination choice? An empirical study with special reference to political instability. Tourism Management. 22(2), 181–191.
Smith, M., & Kelly, C. (2006). Wellness tourism. Tourism Recreation Research. 31(1), 1-4.
Smith, R. W. (1987). Leisure and disabled tourists: barriers to participation. Annals of Tourism Research. 14, 376-389.
Uysal, M., & Crompton, J. L. (1984). Determinants of demand for international tourist flows to Turkey. Tourism Management, 5(4), 288-297.
Vijaya, R. M. (2010). Medical tourism: Revenue generation or international transfer of healthcare problems? Journal of Economic Issues, 44(1), 53-70.
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