Author/Authors :
Garavand Ali Ghorban نويسنده Instructor of English at Shahid Motahari College, Tehran, IRI , Samadbeik Mahnaz نويسنده School of Paramedical, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, KhorramAbad, Iran , Bastani Peivand نويسنده , Lazem Mina نويسنده PhD Student in Health Information Management, School of
Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of
Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran , Aslani Nasim نويسنده PhD Student in Health Information Management, School of
Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of
Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran , Asadi Heshmatollah نويسنده Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , Bostan Hassan نويسنده Department of Health Information Technology, Abadan School of Medical Sciences, Abadan, Iran
Abstract :
[Background]Informing the target population plays an important role in medical tourism attraction and should be managed in order to incorporate all appropriate tools to increase it. The aim of this study was to determine the requirements and basis of a medical tourism website for hospitals.[Methods]This study was a cross sectional analytical study that was performed during year 2018 amongst hospital managers and faculty members of Iranian medical sciences universities that have the potential to attract medical tourism. Data gathering was done by a self-made questionnaire. From 120 questionnaires, which were distributed between samples, 82 were gathered completely. Data analysis was done by SPSS version 16 and descriptive (mean, frequency and etc.) and analytical (one-way ANOVA) statistical tests.[Results]The results of the study showed that from the experts point of view, the most important requirement and basis of Hospital Medical Tourism Websites) HMTW(was photo gallery (mean = 4.44) and a general guide for patients (mean = 3.85) was the least significant element in HMTW. Also, there was no difference between faculty members, staff, and different genders regarding views about HMTW items (P = 0.11).[Conclusions]Based on the results, it was suggested that the results of this study could be used by policymakers of medical tourism and Hospital Medical Tourism Websites (HMTW)developers. Also, the results of this study could be used as an evaluation tool for investigating hospital websites regarding medical tourism attraction abilities.
