Chinese Medical Tourists Research Articles

Chinese medical tourists – Their perceptions of Taiwan

This study explores the motivations and perceptions of Chinese medical tourists visiting Taiwan regarding the quality of tourism packages and the medical services consumed. Knowing the factors that motivate medical tourists and their quality demands for tourism operators and medical institutions is important for medical tourism planners to develop and organize services that serve their customers. Particularly, findings can help tourism operators plan customized itineraries and healthcare services, including software and hardware facilities, for Chinese tourists.

An Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP) Study of Chinese Medical Tourists in Korea

An Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP) Study of Chinese Medical Tourists in Korea

The Effects of Quality Perception of Medical Service on Satisfaction: Among the Chinese Medical Tourists for Plastic Surgery

The Effects of Quality Perception of Medical Service on Satisfaction: Among the Chinese Medical Tourists for Plastic Surgery

Motivations and experiences of Mainland Chinese medical tourists in Hong Kong

Medical tourism has been developing very rapidly in recent years and Hong Kong has emerged as a new medical tourism destination. The purpose of the study is to explore the motivations and experiences of a sample of medical tourists in Hong Kong and hence semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with obstetric patients from Mainland China. The findings indicate that one of the most important reasons for their traveling to give birth in Hong Kong was to avoid China’s ‘One Child’ policy. Variations in staff attitudes were also found among different hospitals and even in the same hospital. The findings also suggest that perceived discrimination by the medical tourists emerges in the form of less favourable service and less information sharing.