Ιατρικός τουρισμός και ευκαιρίες για την ελληνική οικονομία

Σπυράτου, Ελένη

Health tourism and opportunities for the greek economy

Master Thesis

Author

Σπυράτου, Ελένη

Date

2016

Abstract

Globalization along with the systematically aging population has led to the development of health tourism services on an international level. Patients, increasingly, seek care out of the borders in order to combine low cost with travel experience. The term "Elective Medical Tourism" describes the pre-mentioned trend, according to which a patient chooses to travel abroad in order to receive a specific health service, for reasons such as cost, service quality and the combination of health care with customer experience. The Elective Medical Tourism refers to services like: plastic surgery, dentistry, ophthalmology, artificial insemination, cardio surgery, orthopaedics, treatment and rehabilitation, cancer treatment and organ transplants. Health and tourism providers have established all-inclusive packages for both patients and family in cooperation with international Medical Tourism Facilitators. This thesis begins by recording the history of tourism and Greece’s position in the international touristic scene while, later on, focuses on the medical tourism sector both on international and on local level. This thesis constitutes of six chapters. The first chapter performs an introduction on tourism, its types, the international market and Greece’s positioning in relation to other countries. The second chapter introduces the concept of medical tourism while the third one analyses the size of the market, the trend while looking into case studies. The fourth chapter emphasizes on medical tourism in Greece, the fifth on the related services provided and the sixth one refers to the EU directive 24/2011 and the development opportunities for Greece. Finally, the thesis finishes with some conclusions.

Postgraduate Studies Programme

Οικονομικά και Διοίκηση της Υγείας

Department

Σχολή Οικονομικών, Επιχειρηματικών και Διεθνών Σπουδών. Τμήμα Οικονομικής Επιστήμης

Number of pages

Language

Greek

URI

https://dione.lib.unipi.gr/xmlui/handle/unipi/9901

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