Serving the medical tourists in Malaysia: are local patients being put the second? / Norzayana Yusof and Herwina Rosnan.
Despite the concern that local patients are being put the second, this article attempts to prove the otherwise. Ten in-depth interviews were conducted with a government division, medical doctors, and private hospitals serving medical tourists. Through Atlas.ti version 8, it is found that locals are...
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| description | Despite the concern that local patients are being put the second, this article attempts to prove the otherwise. Ten in-depth interviews were conducted with a government division, medical doctors, and private hospitals serving medical tourists. Through Atlas.ti version 8, it is found that locals are still the primary focus as medical tourists only take about 10%, on average, of the total patients in these hospitals. Further, hospitals only went aggressive in medical tourism after their capacity expansion. This research suggests for the policy-makers to take the necessary actions in developing medical tourism industry while simultaneously catering for the locals’ needs. |
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| spelling | uitm-298982020-04-20T04:12:07Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29898/ Serving the medical tourists in Malaysia: are local patients being put the second? / Norzayana Yusof and Herwina Rosnan. ajebs Yusof, Norzayana Rosnan, Herwina R Medicine (General) RA Public aspects of medicine Despite the concern that local patients are being put the second, this article attempts to prove the otherwise. Ten in-depth interviews were conducted with a government division, medical doctors, and private hospitals serving medical tourists. Through Atlas.ti version 8, it is found that locals are still the primary focus as medical tourists only take about 10%, on average, of the total patients in these hospitals. Further, hospitals only went aggressive in medical tourism after their capacity expansion. This research suggests for the policy-makers to take the necessary actions in developing medical tourism industry while simultaneously catering for the locals’ needs. Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor 2020-01 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29898/1/AJ_NORZAYANA%20YUSOF%20AJE-BS%20B%2020.pdf Yusof, Norzayana and Rosnan, Herwina (2020) Serving the medical tourists in Malaysia: are local patients being put the second? / Norzayana Yusof and Herwina Rosnan. (2020) Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Asian_Journal_of_Environment-Behaviour_Studies.html>, 5 (15). pp. 1-13. ISSN 1394-0384 https://aje-bs.e-iph.co.uk/index.php/ajE-Bs/article/view/360 |
| spellingShingle | R Medicine (General) RA Public aspects of medicine Yusof, Norzayana Rosnan, Herwina Serving the medical tourists in Malaysia: are local patients being put the second? / Norzayana Yusof and Herwina Rosnan. |
| title | Serving the medical tourists in Malaysia: are local patients being put the second? / Norzayana Yusof and Herwina Rosnan. |
| title_full | Serving the medical tourists in Malaysia: are local patients being put the second? / Norzayana Yusof and Herwina Rosnan. |
| title_fullStr | Serving the medical tourists in Malaysia: are local patients being put the second? / Norzayana Yusof and Herwina Rosnan. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Serving the medical tourists in Malaysia: are local patients being put the second? / Norzayana Yusof and Herwina Rosnan. |
| title_short | Serving the medical tourists in Malaysia: are local patients being put the second? / Norzayana Yusof and Herwina Rosnan. |
| title_sort | serving the medical tourists in malaysia: are local patients being put the second? / norzayana yusof and herwina rosnan. |
| topic | R Medicine (General) RA Public aspects of medicine |
| url | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29898/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29898/ |