Ιατρικός τουρισμός και οι προοπτικές ανάπτυξής του στην Ελλάδα.
Medical tourism and it's growth prospects in Greece
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Medical tourism ; Tourism -- Health aspectsAbstract
This Master thesis on subject «Medical tourism and its growth prospects in Greece », was prepared within the final graduating projects concerning the fulfillment of the degree of M.Sc. in Health Management, submitted to the Department of Economics of University of Piraeus.
Purpose: The main purpose of the study is to investigate the prospect of development of Medical Tourism in Greece by attracting patients from foreign countries.
Methodology: To fulfill the purpose of the thesis, secondary research was carried out. Specifically, the data was collected from literature sources as well as from studies and foreign language articles relating to the theme of medical tourism. It is noted that the secondary survey was chosen mainly because of the low cost, the limited time and availability of data. Results: According to the main results, the development of medical tourism in Greece should focus on the countries of Eastern Europe that constitute a new market in the medical tourism industry, the capacity of which is growing mainly because of various social, political, economic and demographic changes happening to them. Although Medical tourism in Greece is still in its early stages and presents numerous economic, organisational and institutional problems, however, the country satisfies a significant number of criteria that enable to capture a significant share of the medical tourism market in Eastern Europe.