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Medical Tourism in the Philippines: Market Profile, Benchmarking Exercise, and S.W.O.T. Analysis

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This report reviews the medical tourism industry in the Philippines. It discusses the global market for medical tourism, analyzes the demand and supply aspects of the local industry, and identifies its drivers of growth. It performs an industry benchmarking exercise by looking at benchmarks associated with strategy setting, organization and management, service quality, care, travel and accommodation, and financing. It also conducts an analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of the industry.

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  • Picazo, Oscar F., 2013. "Medical Tourism in the Philippines: Market Profile, Benchmarking Exercise, and S.W.O.T. Analysis," Discussion Papers DP 2013-45, Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
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    1. Mattoo, Aaditya & Rathindran, Randeep, 2005. "Does health insurance impede trade inhealth care services?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3667, The World Bank.
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    2. Serafica, Ramonette B., 2016. "Sustaining the Competitiveness of Philippine Services," Philippine Journal of Development PJD 2014-2015 Vol. 41-42 , Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
    3. Yalçın Kirdar & Ahmet Sezer, 2016. "Cluster Mapping of Medical Tourism in Turkey and Regional Clustering for Health Tourism," European Journal of Economics and Business Studies Articles, Revistia Research and Publishing, vol. 2, January -.

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    Philippines; medical tourism; industry benchmarks; market profile; demand for medical tourists; supply of services and facilities for medical tourism;
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