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Medical Tourism in Germany

Determinants of International Patients‘ Destination Choice

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  • © 2018

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Authors:
  1. Klaus Schmerler

    1. Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany

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  • Provides essential new insights into medical tourism
  • Presents a case study on inbound medical tourism in Germany
  • Develops a sound modeling framework for quantifying the drivers and effects of international patients’ choice of destination

Part of the book series: Developments in Health Economics and Public Policy (HEPP, volume 13)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. A Dearth of Empirical Investigations

    • Klaus Schmerler
    Pages 1-4

  3. Traveling for Treatment: Taxonomy, Patient Flows and Candidate Drivers

    • Klaus Schmerler
    Pages 5-96

  4. The Sum of its Parts: A Structured Approach to the Modeling of Destination Choice

    • Klaus Schmerler
    Pages 97-118

  5. Drivers of Medical Travel at the National Level

    • Klaus Schmerler
    Pages 119-171

  6. Drivers of Medical Travel at the Hospital Level

    • Klaus Schmerler
    Pages 173-191

  7. Drivers of Medical Tourism at the Individual Level

    • Klaus Schmerler
    Pages 193-239

  8. Connecting the Dots: Implications for Destinations and Policy Makers

    • Klaus Schmerler
    Pages 241-248
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About this book

This book examines the drivers of inbound medical tourism in Germany. In light of growing international trade of medical services, it provides a quantitative analysis of the determinants of international patients’ choice of destination. It develops coherent definitions of medical tourism and medical travel, and presents multiple unique data sets to identify inbound medical travelers in Germany. Further, it introduces an empirical modeling framework for investigating and quantifying the drivers and effects of a patient's choice of destination at the national, hospital and individual level. A particular focus of the analysis lies on cultural proximity and personal networks as key channels to convey trust in a destination’s service. In addition, real consideration sets of international patients are presented. The findings presented are embedded in a global context and will help inform future empirical investigations and modeling. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany

    Klaus Schmerler

About the author

Dr. Klaus Schmerler is a researcher at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. His research focuses on the empirical investigation of medical tourism and trade in health services, a topic at the intersection of health economics, econometrics and international trade.

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