Welche Rolle spielt die Gesundheitspolitik? Eine Analyse des Medizintourismus in Australien und Deutschland

Health tourism is a rather broad concept that spans from wellness tourism to medical tourism and destinations for that matter differ greatly in their specific health tourism characteristics from a supply but also a demand perspective. Focusing on medical tourism, it is proposed in this paper that th...

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Main Authors: Locher, C., Pforr, Christof
Format: Journal Article
Published: Germany 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43310
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description Health tourism is a rather broad concept that spans from wellness tourism to medical tourism and destinations for that matter differ greatly in their specific health tourism characteristics from a supply but also a demand perspective. Focusing on medical tourism, it is proposed in this paper that these differences can, at least in parts, be explained by marked differences in a country's health card system. Two very different health tourism destinations, Germany and Australia, are presented to support this argument.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-433102017-01-30T15:06:35Z Welche Rolle spielt die Gesundheitspolitik? Eine Analyse des Medizintourismus in Australien und Deutschland Locher, C. Pforr, Christof medical trousim healthcare system health tourism Australia Germany Health tourism is a rather broad concept that spans from wellness tourism to medical tourism and destinations for that matter differ greatly in their specific health tourism characteristics from a supply but also a demand perspective. Focusing on medical tourism, it is proposed in this paper that these differences can, at least in parts, be explained by marked differences in a country's health card system. Two very different health tourism destinations, Germany and Australia, are presented to support this argument. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43310 Germany restricted
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Locher, C.
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Welche Rolle spielt die Gesundheitspolitik? Eine Analyse des Medizintourismus in Australien und Deutschland
title Welche Rolle spielt die Gesundheitspolitik? Eine Analyse des Medizintourismus in Australien und Deutschland
title_full Welche Rolle spielt die Gesundheitspolitik? Eine Analyse des Medizintourismus in Australien und Deutschland
title_fullStr Welche Rolle spielt die Gesundheitspolitik? Eine Analyse des Medizintourismus in Australien und Deutschland
title_full_unstemmed Welche Rolle spielt die Gesundheitspolitik? Eine Analyse des Medizintourismus in Australien und Deutschland
title_short Welche Rolle spielt die Gesundheitspolitik? Eine Analyse des Medizintourismus in Australien und Deutschland
title_sort welche rolle spielt die gesundheitspolitik? eine analyse des medizintourismus in australien und deutschland
topic medical trousim
healthcare system
health tourism
Australia
Germany
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43310