Russian healthcare in the development of medical tourism

Natalia Sedova,Larisa Minasyan,Gennady Shchekin,Georgy Tabatadze,Olga Kostenko

doi:10.1051/e3sconf/202127309003

Natalia Sedova, Larisa Minasyan + Show 3 more

Open Access

https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202127309003

Copy DOI

Abstract

The authors consider the possibilities of national health care in the context of the export of medical services. The methodology of the work is based on an approach based on different specifics of medical and healthcare tourism and their correlation. The forms of state support are described in the article. The assessment of the plan for the development of the export of medical services and the ways of its implementation are given. The following pointes are highlighted: trends in the commercialization of medical tourism, business strategy, social, economic and technological risks in the development of medical tourism, and the prospects of development. The most attractive areas of medical care in Russia for foreigners are explicated. The financial benefits of exporting medical services and the issue of Russia’s international cooperation in this area are considered.. It is done for a comparative analysis of the achievements in different countries in the medical and tourism industry. The forms of cooperation with the Joint Commission International (JCI) in promoting the export of medical services in Russia were noted. The article also deals with the problems and barriers to the development of the export of medical services and possible ways to solve them.

Highlights

Medical tourism is a type of tourist activity in which the goal is to provide medical care, implemented by means of a tourist service [1]
The authors stated in this work that the organization of healthcare tourism in our country appears as a system of sanatorium-resort associations, travel companies and consumers of medical tourism services, focusing on the expansion of the recreational function of this system to the detriment of rehabilitation
A global market for medical services has already been formed with its own infrastructure

Summary

Introduction

Medical tourism is a type of tourist activity in which the goal is to provide medical care, implemented by means of a tourist service [1]. The definition is interpreted differently in Russian and English-language literature. Russian scientists propose to differentiate between medical and healthcare tourism, while in the Western literature there is only one concept - medical tourism. Russian authors understand medical tourism as the treatment of a specific disease in a hospital, as for healthcare tourism, it is called recreational and rehabilitation tourism, often, it is a sanatorium-resort treatment. To conduct a correct comparative analysis, an unambiguous interpretation of the terms is necessary, so in this study, the term "medical tourism" is used in the English-language interpretation. Medical tourism is a new social phenomenon that requires careful study in the applied sense, as it is being done and in methodological terms, since its "spontaneous integration" into the system of social institutions can have negative consequences. We have accumulated enough experience of such research to be able to generalize and conceptualize it

Methods

Results

Discussion

Conclusion