학술논문
Patient consideration of local hospital, center of excellence, and medical tourism options for surgery.
Document Type
Article
Source
Subject
*Work experience (Employment)
*Risk assessment
*Research funding
*Descriptive statistics
Experimental design
Medical quality control
Total knee replacement
Coronary artery bypass
Research evaluation
Attitude (Psychology)
Patient decision making
Grounded theory
Research methodology
Surgical complications
Patient satisfaction
Population geography
Surgery
Patients
Medical care costs
Patients' attitudes
Risk perception
Factor analysis
Clinical competence
Medical tourism
Disease risk factors
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Language
ISSN
0735-9683
Abstract
This research analyzes factors that patients consider when offered the option to have surgeries (knee-replacement or heart bypass) at one of three locations (local hospital, Center of Excellence hospital, or Medical Tourism) with financial incentives varying based on location/surgery. Quantitative and qualitative results, based on a national online survey of respondents over 45 years old, found a significant relationship between perceived risk and satisfaction based on location of the surgery. However, specific individual factors, such as personal responsibilities, concerns with travel, perception of healthcare quality, are found to impact patient location preference for surgery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]