Healthcare

Altman, S. H., Shactman, D., & Eliat, E.  (2006). Could US hospitals go the way of us airlines?  Health Affairs. 25(1), 11-21. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.25.1.11

Aslan, I., Çınar, O., & Özen, Ü. (2014). Developing strategies for the future of healthcare in Turkey by benchmarking and SWOT analysis. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 150, 230-240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.09.043

Bakan, I., Buyukbese, T., & Ersahan B. (2013). The impact of total quality service (TQS) on healthcare and patient satisfaction: An empirical study of Turkish private and public hospitals. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management 29(3), 292-315. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.2169

Bergmark, R., Barr, D., & Garcia, R. (2010). Mexican immigrants in the US living far from the border may return to Mexico for health services. Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health, 12(4), 610-614. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-008-9213-8

Boyle, K. (2008). A permanent vacation: Evaluating medical tourism’s place in the United States healthcare system. Health Lawyer, 20(5), 42.

Brown, S. (2008). Medical tourism: nations vie for health dollars. Hospitals & health Networks, 82(12), 49.

Byrne, D., Goeree, M. S., HIedemann, B., & Stern, S. (2009). Formal home health care, informal care, and family decision making. International Economic Review, 50(4), 1205-1242. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2354.2009.00566.x

Carrera, P. (2006). Medical tourism. Health Affairs, 25(5), 1451. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.25.5.1453

Carrera, P. M., & Bridges, J. FP. (2006). Globalization and healthcare: understanding health and medical tourism. Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics Outcomes Research, 6(4), 447-454. https://doi.org/10.1586/14737167.6.4.447

Chen, K., Liu, H., & Chang, F. (2013). Essential customer service factors and the segmentation of older visitors within wellness tourism based on hot springs hotels. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 35, 122-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2013.05.013

Clark, P. M. (1998). Cost-benefit analysis and mammographic screening: A travel-cost approach.  Journal of Health Economics. 17(6), 767-787. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-6296(98)00031-9

Crooks, V., & Agarwal, G. (2008). What are the roles involved in establishing and maintaining informational continuity of care within family practice? A systematic review. BMC Family Practice, 9(65), 65-73. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-9-65

Donaldson, M. (2001). Continuity of care: A reconceptualization. Medical Care Research & Review, 58(3), 255-290. https://doi.org/10.1177/107755870105800301

Dor, A., Gertler, P., & van der Gaag, J. (1987). Non-price rationing and the choice of medical care providers in rural Cote d'Ivoire. Journal of Health Economics. 6(4), 291-304. https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-6296(87)90017-8

Garud, A. D. (2005). Medical tourism and its impact on our healthcare. The National Medical Journal of India, 18(6), 318-319.

Glinos, I. A., Baeten, R., & Maarse, H. (2010).  Purchasing health services abroad: Practices of cross-border contracting and patient mobility in six European countries. Health Policy, 95(2-3), 103-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.11.016

Gruber, J. (2008). Covering the uninsured in the United States. Journal of Economic Literature, 46(3), 571-606. https://doi.org/10.1257/jel.46.3.571

Guiry, M., & Vequist, D. (2011). Traveling abroad for medical care: U.S. medical tourists’ expectations and perceptions of service quality. Health Marketing Quarterly, 28(3), 253-269. https://doi.org/10.1080/07359683.2011.595644

Han, H., & Hyun, S. S. (2015). Customer retention in the medical tourism industry: Impact of quality, satisfaction, trust, and price reasonableness. Tourism Management, 46, 20-29.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2014.06.003

Han, H., Kim, Y., Kim, C., & Ham, S. (2015). Medical hotels in the growing healthcare business industry: Impact of international travelers' perceived outcomes. Journal of Business Research, 68(9), 1869-1877. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.01.015

Hazarika, I. (2010). Medical tourism: its potential impact on the health workforce and health systems in India. Health Policy and Planning, 25(3), 248-251. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czp050

Huang, E. S. & Finegold, K. (2013). Seven million Americans live in areas where demand for primary care may exceed supply by 10 percent. Health Affairs, 32(3).  https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0913

Ichoku, E. & Leibbrandt, M. (2003). The demand for healthcare services in Nigeria: A multivariate nested logit model. African Development Bank, 15(2-3), 396-424. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8268.2003.00078.x

Jeevan, R. & Armstrong, A. (2008). Cosmetic tourism and the burden on the NHS. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, 61(12), 1423-1424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjps.2008.10.002

Katz, S., Cardiff, K., Pascali, M., Barer, M., & Evans, R (2002) Phantoms in the snow: Canadians’ use of health care services in the United States. Health Affairs, 21(3), 19-31. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.21.3.19

Karp, L. (2008). Medical travel: Global Impact and local response. Health Policy Newsletter, 21(4), 6.

Kenkel, D. (1990). Consumer health information and the demand for medical care. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 72(4), 587-595. https://doi.org/10.2307/2109598

Klaus, M. (2005). Outsourcing vital operations: What if US health care costs drive patients overseas for surgery. Quinnipiac Health Law Journal, 9(2), 235-237. https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/qhlj9&div=14

Kondilis, E., Gavana, M., Giannakopoulos, S., Smyrnakis, E., Dombros, N., & Benos, A. (2011). Payments and quality of care in private for-profit and public hospitals in Greece. BMC Health Services Research, 11(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-11-234

Kumar, S., Breuing, R. & Chahal, R. (2012). Globalization of health care delivery in the United States through medical tourism. Journal of Health Communication, 17(2), 177-198. https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2011.585699

Legido-Qugiley, H., McKee M., Nolte, M. & Glinos, I. A. (2008). Assuring the quality of health care in the Europe Union: A case for action. European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.

Liaropoulos, L., Siskou, O., Kontodimopoulos, N., Kaitelidou, D., Lazarou, P., Spinthouri, M., & Tsavalias, K. (2016). Restructuring the hospital sector in Greece in order to improve effectiveness and efficiency. Social Cohesion and Development, 7(1), 53-68. https://doi.org/10.12681/scad.8989

Lluberas, G., & Bezruchka, S. (2001). Medical Tourism. Wilderness and environmental medicine, 12(1), 63. https://doi.org/10.1580/1080-6032(2001)012[0066:MT]2.0.CO;2

Lubell, J. (2009). New tourist attractions. More patients looking at home before going abroad. Modern Healthcare, 39(24), 28-30. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19554836/

McPake, B. (1993). User charges for health services in developing countries: A review of the economic literature. Social Science & Medicine, 36(11), 1397-1405. https://doi.org/10.1016/0277-9536(93)90382-E

Mechinda, P., Serirat, S., Anuwichanont, J., & Gulid, N. (2009). An examination of tourists' loyalty towards medical tourism in Pattaya, Thailand. The International Business & Economics Research Journal, 9(1), 55-70. https://doi.org/10.19030/iber.v9i1.508

Milstein, A., & Smith, M.  (2007). Will the surgical world become flat? Health Affairs, 26(1), 137-141. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.26.1.137

O'Hara, B., & Brault, M. W. (2013). The disparate impact of the ACA-dependent expansion across population subgroups. Health Services Research, 48(5), 1581-1592. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.12067

Ormond, M. (2011). Shifting subjects of health‐care: Placing ‘medical tourism’ in the context of Malaysian domestic health‐care reform. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 52(3), 247-259. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8373.2011.01457.x

Outreville, J. F. (2007). Foreign direct investment in the health care sector and most-favored locations in developing countries. The European Journal of Health Economics, 8, 305-312. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-006-0010-9

Parente, S. T., Feldman, R., Abraham, J., & Xu, Y. (2011). Consumer response to a national marketplace for individual health insurance. The Journal of Risk and Insurance, 78(2), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6975.2010.01393.x

Rad, N. F., Mat Som, A. P., & Zainuddin, Y. (2010). Service quality and patients’ satisfaction in medical tourism. World Applied Sciences Journal, 10, 24-30. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228900467_Service_Quality_and_Patients'_Satisfaction_in_Medical_Tourism

Rasiah, R., Noh, A., & Tumin, M. (2009). Privatising healthcare in Malaysia: Power, policy and profits. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 39(1), 50-62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00472330802506790

Rhea, S. (2008). Medical migration. Modern Healthcare. 38(18), 6-16.

Rhea, S. (2009). Still packing their bags: Health reform won’t drastically alter the economics of medical tourism, but patients and providers can expect new opportunities, at home and abroad. Modern Healthcare, 39(30), 28-30. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19655536/

Rodriguez-Garcia, R (2001). The health-development link: travel as a public health issue.   Journal of Community Health, 26(2), 93-112. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1005225129295

Rotenberk, L. (2008). Medical tourism. As the world flattens, US hospitals expand their global reach. Hospitals & Health Networks, 82(6), 14. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18666725/

Saultz, J. W., & Albedaiwi, W. (2004). Interpersonal continuity of care and patient satisfaction: a critical review. Annals of Family Medicine, 2(5), 445-451. https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.91

Smith, R. D. (2004). Foreign direct investment and trade in health services: A review of the literature. Social Science & Medicine, 59, 2313-2323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.03.021

Su, D., Richardson, C., Wen, M., & Pagan, J. A. (2011). Cross border utilization of healthcare: Evidence from a population-based study of South Texas. Health Services Research, 46(3), 859-876. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01220.x

Sultana, S., Haque, A., Momen, A., & Yasmin, F. (2014). Factors affecting the attractiveness of medical tourism destination: An empirical study on India- review article. Iranian Journal of Public Health, 43(7), 867-876. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4401052/

Vijaya, R. M. (2010). Medical tourism: revenue generation or international transfer of healthcare problems? Journal of Economic Issues, 44(1), 53-70. https://doi.org/10.2753/JEI0021-3624440103

Wallace, S.P., Mendez-Luck, C., & Castañeda, X. (2009). Heading south: why Mexican immigrants in California seek health services in Mexico. Medical Care, 47(6), 662-669. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0b013e318190cc95

Wegmuller, B. & Bienlein, M. (2007). The Swiss health care system. World Hospitals and Health Services, 43(1), 10-11.

Zailani, S., Ali, S. M., Iranmanesh, M., Moghavvemi, S., & Musa, G. (2016). Predicting Muslim medical tourists' satisfaction with Malaysian Islamic friendly hospitals. Tourism Management, 57, 159-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2016.05.009

Zheng, X., & Zimmer, D. M. (2009). Racial differences in health-care utilization: analysis by intensity of demand. Contemporary Economic Policy, 27(4), 475-490. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-7287.2009.00151.x

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