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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2014.12.3.299

A Comparative Study of Knowledge, Attitude, and Experience towards Dental Tourism between Indonesian and Korean People  

Deasy, Rosalina (Yeungnam University School of Medicine)
Kim, Jong-Yeon (Yeungnam University School of Medicine)
Hong, Seong-Ae (Kongju National University College of Nursing and Health)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.12, no.3, 2014 , pp. 299-308 More about this Journal
Abstract
Nowadays, dental tourism becomes phenomenon because of its cost-effectiveness, improvement of quality and technology, dental infrastructure, and attractive tourism. Korea as one of popular destination country had established dental system. On the other hand, Indonesia with high number of population is potential market for dental tourism. The aim of this study is to compare the knowledge, attitude, and experience towards dental tourism among Indonesian and Korean. Two cross-sectional descriptive surveys were conducted to collect the data. This study was used one questionnaire in two different languages due to nature of the study population. Data from a total 923 of Indonesian from 33 provinces in Indonesia was collected during the period from April through July 2010. On the other hand, during May until August 2010 data from a total of 312 Korean were obtained. It was found that the majority of participants in both countries had never heard about dental tourism. Among those who had heard about dental tourism, the most common source was internet. Ownership of dental insurance had significant relationship with knowledge of dental tourism among Indonesian while level of education and monthly internet usage had it among Korean (p<0.05). Attitudes of Indonesian and Korean people about dental tourism were negative due to assumption that dental services in their home country were satisfactory. 100% of Korean had no experience on dental treatment in other countries while 2.4% of Indonesian had experience with it. In conclusion, regarding all these evidences, comprehensive and positive information about dental tourism is needed to enhance people's knowledge, attitude, and experience.
Keywords
dental tourism; attitude; experience; knowledge;
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