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A Bibliometric Study of Medical Tourism
Anatolia (2021)
  • Alireza Habibi
  • Maryamossadat Mousavi
  • Seyedh Mahboobeh Jamali, Eshragh Institute, Ministry of Education district 7, Tehran
  • Nader Ale Ebrahim, Alzahra University
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Abstract
This bibliometric study analyzes 1535 publications from 1952 to 2020 on medical tourism. The aim of the study is to portray medical tourism publication trends from different perspectives such as the main subjects, word dynamics, authors’ originations and finally research gaps and future directions. The study shows that concepts like “perceived value” and “destination image” are among the emerging concerns in recent studies. The themes of research were grouped into six themes of marketing, economic & political, social & cultural, ethical, technological and governmental within these categories, factors affecting emotional aspects of tourists’ decision making was found to be under-studies, comparing to factors feeding the cognitive side of their choice of destinations.
Keywords
  • Medical tourism,
  • Bibliometric,
  • Publication trends,
  • Tourism destination,
  • Research themes
Disciplines
Publication Date
July 7, 2021
DOI
10.1080/13032917.2021.1954042
Citation Information
Alireza Habibi, Maryamossadat Mousavi, Seyedh Mahboobeh Jamali and Nader Ale Ebrahim. "A Bibliometric Study of Medical Tourism" Anatolia (2021) p. 1 - 12 ISSN: 1303-2917
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/aleebrahim/271/
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