• 보건행정학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.115-124
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• 2016

Background: This study aims at making a survey on health care service providers' cultural competence and making an appraisal of Chinese medical tourists on service quality, health care service providers' cultural competence, perceived value, and satisfaction. Methods: The data was collected from August until November, 2014 and 150 health care service providers and 65 Chinese medical tourists from 12 medical institutions in Daegu were enrolled in analysis. Results: The results showed that health care service provider's knowledge on Chinese culture was very low with 33.5% of correct answer. Health care service providers were found to get 3.82 point on a 5 point-scale in cultural perception, 3.53 points in cultural sensitivity, and 2.85 points in cultural skills. Chinese medical tourists were analyzed to give 4.08 points on a 5-point scale to satisfaction on health care service, followed by 4.01 points to health care service quality, 4.00 points to perceived value of health care service, and last 3.85 points to a health care service providers' cultural skills. However, there was a difference in points in cultural skills between health care service providers and Chinese medical tourists. Chinese medical tourists' satisfaction with health care service in Daegu was found to be comparatively high, but in relation to satisfaction with communication, it was found to be relatively low. Conclusion: Through this research, health care service providers' knowledge level of Chinese culture and cultural skills were low while they seemed to take a half-hearted attitude towards educational experience for building up cultural competence and foreign patient service response.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.54-61
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• 2012

Objectives : This study aimed to obtain general information for the design of a medical tourism plan toward Chinese using Korean medicine (KM). Methods : A questionnaire was asked of Chinese tourists regarding of Korea traditional medical tourism. 148 valid responses were obtained and their awareness of KM, and preferred subject and decision factors for their participation in Korea traditional medical tourism were analyzed using SPSS version 12.0. Results : 72% of respondents showed over a moderate degree of interest in medical tourism of KM. The most preferred subject was skin aesthetics, followed by medical check-ups and rehabilitation. Medical skill level, communication, and medical cost were indicated as the important factors for participants' decisions about KM-based medical tourism. Conclusions : Medical tourism could be a potential avenue for development by the KM-based Korean medical industry. Cosmetic-associated medical services are recommended, and enhanced public relations about KM-medical skill levels are strongly suggested for Chinese tourists.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제9권8호
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• pp.102-109
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• 2019

국내 의료관광은 태국이나 싱가폴, 인도 등 정부가 주도하는 의료관광 선진국에 비해 성장이 저조한 편이며, 이에 따라 국내의료관광 활성화를 위한 많은 정책들이 시도되고 있음에도 불구하고 의료관광만족에 영향을 미치는 의료관광속성에 관한 연구는 부족한 실정이다. 더욱이 의료관광속성을 의료품질과 관광품질, 그리고 비용 및 접근성 등으로 다차원적인 접근을 통하여 연구해 볼 필요가 있다고 판단되며, 따라서 본 연구는 중국의료관광객의 한국 의료관광에 있어 의료품질, 접근성, 비용적정성, 관광품질이 관광객만족과 재방문의도에 미치는 영향을 검정하였다. 실증분석을 위하여 의료관광을 목적으로 한국을 방문한 경험이 있는 중국인을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였으며, 회수된 설문지를 이용하여 구조방정식 모형으로 분석하였다. 연구결과 첫째, 의료서비스품질, 가격적정성, 관광품질은 의료관광객만족에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 둘째, 관광객만족은 재방문의도에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이를 바탕으로 이론적 실무적 시사점을 제시하고자 한다.

• 아태비즈니스연구
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.25-44
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• 2023

Receiving medical services abroad is an event that involves a high level of risk and stress for most people. This study proposes and empirically examines perceived control as a factor that has a potential to reduce the stress associated with overseas medical experience and enhance satisfaction with it. Based on the research findings in environmental psychology, one's perceived control was divided into cognitive control, behavior control, and decision control. A research model and a set of hypotheses were constructed to investigate the effect of each control on satisfaction and word-of-mouth communications among consumers who had overseas medical service experiences. The data collection was conducted through an online survey of 220 Chinese consumers who had visited Korea as plastic medicine tourists. Satisfaction with their service experience was significantly affected by both behavioral control and decisional control, but not by cognitive control. Thus, Chinese medical tourists prefer to maintain the belief that they are in charge of major decisions associated with the medical procedure, and that the results of the medical procedure will have personally desirable consequences. In addition, satisfaction experienced by Chinese consumers with overseas medical services had a significant impact on their word-of-mouth activities. Based on the research results, a set of academic and practical implications were derived.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2017년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.507-509
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• 2017

의료관광은 최첨단 의료 시설과 기술로 외국인을 유치해 단순히 시술이나 치료를 하는 것 뿐만 아니라 휴양이나 레저, 문화 활동을 관광과 연계하는 산업으로 21세기 건강 추구형 라이프 스타일 변화에 따라 블루오션으로 떠오르는 산업 분야 이다. 의료와 관광의 목적을 동시에 들고 입국하는 중국인들이 많다. 하지만, 의료관광에 대한 시스템이 제대로 지원되지 않고, 중국인을 위한 의료 보험혜택이 전혀 되지 않기 때문에 이러한 중국인들을 위해 안전한 병원과 가이드를 연결하고, 중국인들에게 제대로 된 정보가 제공될 시스템 개발이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 병원과 중국인 관광객, 중개인 간의 효과적인 연결방법에 대한 의료관광 서비스 시스템을 제안하고자 한다.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.25-38
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• 2015

China has a growing number of medical tourists to visit South Korea every year, with economic growth, and thus Korea's medical tourism is growing countries in the new growth engine industries and attracting attention. In this study, this time looking at the risks and benefits of medical tourism potential factors consumers feel the Chinese people for South Korea medical tourism, economic, based on existing research, functional, temporal, social, and psychological setting factors, risks and benefits conducted a study of the relationship between the purchase of your help. Risk factors identified through this study, we investigate expanding the overseas medical tourism market to visit Korea by managing the benefits and know the strategic implications that can achieve customer satisfaction by the service convenient for Chinese tourists.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.373-385
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• 2022

Due to the lack of information, medical tourists are regarded to be at high risk. Prior medical tourism research has found that various types of perceived risks have a significant impact on medical tourists' purchase behavior. Even though medical tourism is predicted to increase, there is a lack of behavioral research to explain how perceived risks affect medical tourists' purchase behavior. In the context of Korean medical tourism, this study attempts to evaluate the effects of multi-level (macro, organizational, and personal) factors on medical tourists' perceived risks and purchase intentions. A conceptual model and hypotheses were built and empirically validated to investigate links between multi-level characteristics, perceived risks, and purchasing intentions. The data for this study was collected from Chinese tourists using a questionnaire. The impact of cognitive country image, affective country image, and medical service quality on fundamental risk is confirmed by statistical testing. Surprisingly, expectancy discrepancy risk is influenced only by cognitive country image and information search capabilities. Both fundamental and expectation discrepancy risks lower medical tourists' purchase intentions. The findings of this study show that a multi-level strategy is required to investigate the links between perceived risks and medical tourism purchasing intentions based on macro, organizational, and personal factors.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제16권9호
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• pp.560-568
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• 2016

한국은 2009년 의료관광을 국가의 신성장동력산업으로 선정하여 외국인 환자 유치활성화를 위해 정부차원에서 뒷받침을 해왔다. 그 결과 의료관광을 목적으로 한국을 찾는 외국인 환자가 증가하였고, 중국과 러시아 환자가 상위를 차지하고 있다. 이에 본 연구의 목적은 중국인 환자와 러시아 환자의 한국에서의 체험을 알아보고, 이들이 원하는 정보 요구와 체험한 활동의 만족도를 국적별로 파악하였다. 자료는 2015년 2월 1일부터 3월 15일까지 방한하여 의료서비스를 받은 중국, 러시아 국적의 환자를 대상으로 하였고, 유치 등록기관을 통해 우편조사를 실시하였다. 경험 측면에서는 중국은 뷰티제품이나 피부관련 제품을, 러시아 환자는 식료품 구매나 웰니스 관련 서비스를 더 많이 체험하였고, 두 국적 모두는 한국전통음식을 가장 많이 체험하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 뷰티 제품에 대한 정보 요구도가 높았으며, 중국인이 한국전통음식에 대해 많은 정보를 얻기를 원하였다. 관광 명소 방문경험에서 만족도가 높았고, 그 다음은 의료경험이었다. 전반적인 만족도는 러시아 환자가 더 높은 것으로 나타났다. 중국, 러시아 외국인환자들의 실제 체험, 정보요구, 만족도를 확인하였으며, 추후 이를 반영한 컨텐츠를 개발하는 것이 의료관광객 유치에 도움이 될 것이다.

• 산경연구논집
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.67-76
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• 2018

Purpose - With the worldwide aging problem and the development of globalization, customers prefer to seek affordable medical services with the higher quality overseas. This new trend has urged some destination countries to improve their services for the more competitive advantages over other countries. Literature research indicate that medical quality and cost may be the key factors influencing global patients' decisions. In the international environment, however, medical tourism destinations are selected due to cultural similarity between the hosting country and the customers' own country. The more similarity perceived between the two countries leads foreign patients to choose the considering country as the destination for medical tourism. However, little research has been conducted on this topic. Thus, we empirically investigate how cultural similarity influences Chinese medical customers' choice of the destinations. We also consider the factors related to medical competency and travel attribute which might affect customers' decisions along with some moderating roles of disease types. Research design, data, and methodology - We proposed a research model in order to confirm the relations among different variables of cultural similarity, medical competency, travel attractiveness, disease types, and destination choice. The questionnaire survey is processed in the more economically developed regions of China such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Jiangsu. Conditional logit regression is applied to analyze the data of 881. Results - Results indicate that cultural similarity is the important predictor of Chinese customers' decision to select a medical country. However, the effects of cultural similarity vary according to the disease types. We also find that medical competency and travel attractiveness influence their decisions with the moderating role of disease types. Conclusions - Cultural similarity is the important factor that influences Chinese potential medical tourists' decisions to select a destination. Marketing managers should consider the effects of cultural similarity when developing strategies for attracting Chinese medical tourists. Since medical competency and travel attractiveness are still the critical key elements for them to evaluate the destination countries, it is necessary to continuously improve medical service quality and facilities. The results also recommend that medical managers should sharpen their marketing strategies by segmenting Chinese potential customers in terms of disease types.

• 통상정보연구
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.307-329
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• 2014

의료관광은 의료관광객의 응급하지 않은 의료행위에 대해 해외 의료서비스에 접근할 수 있도록 의료서비스와 관광을 함께 연계하는 것을 의미한다. 전세계적으로 의료관광객의 수가 상당한 수준으로 증가함에 따라 의료관광에 대한 관심은 연구자, 정책 입안자, 그리고 매스 미디어에 이르기까지 폭넓게 관심을 받고 있다. 그러나 의료관광에 대한 체계적이며 세부적인 연구노력은 현재 매우 미진하고 제한적인 편이다. 본 연구에서는 중국 의료관광객이 목적지를 선택할 때 선호하는 의료속성을 파악 및 분석하였다. 중국 의료관광객의 중요 선호속성의 이상적 조합을 통해 한국으로의 중국 의료관광객을 유치를 증진할 수 있을 것이다. 본 연구에서는 컨조인트 분석을 통하여 의료관광 중요 선택속성조합을 도출하였으며 연구결과, 목적지 선택에 있어서 의료 기술의 경쟁력이 가장 중요한 것을 파악되었다. 선택속성조합의 하위요소에 있어서는 국제의료인증이 중요한 사항으로 입증되었다. 본 연구를 통하여 의료기관과 여행에이전시 등 관련 기업에게 마케팅활동을 위한 통찰력을 제공할 것으로 판단된다. 또한 의료관광객이 선호하는 브랜드와 그에 따른 선호요소를 기존의 의료관광목적지 분석연구와 연계하여 좀 더 체계적인 의료관광 상품의 개발과 한국의료관광의 역량을 강화하는데 본 연구가 일조할 것으로 판단된다.