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KMID : 1040220100020010045
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Journal of the Korean Academy of Health and Welfare for Elderly
2010 Volume.2 No. 1 p.45 ~ p.67
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Factors Affecting Intention of the Elderly to Use Medical Tourism
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Lee Dong-Ho
Jang Young-Jin
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Abstract
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This study was conducted to provide basic data on activation of medical tourism for the elderly by investigating factors influencing their intention to go on medical tours through a questionnaire survey from 16 to 21 September, 2009. The results were as follows. 1. The subjects with intention to use medical tourism were more than those without it by recording 84.9% and 15.1%, respectively, and characteristics showing a statistically significant difference were age (p<0.001), health condition (p<0.05) and economic status (p<0.05). In other words, younger seniors with better health condition and higher economic status had more intention to go on medical tours. 2. For important factors in choosing a medical tour, safety of a destination was observed to be the most important by recording 4.38 points and medical service level and advancement of medical facilities followed it by recording 4.37 and 4.30 points, respectively. 3. Variables influencing significantly intention of use of medical tourism were age (b=-0.418), educational background (b=0.240), existence of a spouse (b=0.608), health condition (b=0.261), economic status (b=0.689), experience of medical tourism (b=0.865), safety of destination (b=0.452), advancement of medical technology (b=0.236) and medical service level (b=0.627), and out of them experience of medical tourism was found to have the largest effect with the highest regression coefficient (b=865).
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KEYWORD
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The Elderly, Medical tourism
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