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KMID : 0926620110160020078
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Korean Journal of Hospital Management
2011 Volume.16 No. 2 p.78 ~ p.97
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Priority Analysis of Factors for Activating Medical Tourism in Busan Using AHP
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Kim Kyung-Eok
Yang Dong-Hyun
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to analyze activating factors of medical tourism at Busan, and then decide on priority on the factors. As research methods, this study deduced priority of specialists’ opinions by AHP analysis technique through structuralized questionnaire on the medical tourism’s factors having been suggested from existing prior studies. The analysis results were same as followings. First, as a result of analysis on the main criteria, relative levels of importance were appeared high such as ’competitiveness’, ’policy assistances from the government’, ’medical care’s infrastructure’, and ’connectedness with regions’ in order. Second, as a result of integrated results analyzing detailed criteria on the main evaluation standards, relative levels of importance were appeared high such as ’medical quality’, ’health-related institution’s improvement’, ’medical infrastructure’, ’medical charge’, ’tourism-related institution’s improvement’, ’convenience’, ’medical cooperation possibilities’, and ’local industry compliance’ in order. In conclusion, it is judged that activation of medical tourism shall be propelled after considering relative levels of importance on many policies or activating factors same as suggested in this study.
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KEYWORD
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Medical Tourism, AHP, Priority
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