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Medical Tourism in the Czech Republic and Possible Involvement of Ministry of Health in its Support
Víchová, Alžběta ; Ševčíková, Michaela (advisor) ; Zeman, Martin (referee)
The goal of this master thesis is to analyze issues connected to medical tourism, to show, how the Czech Republic could benefit from supporting this niche and imply whether this support is worth it. Bearing this in mind, I suggest a plan of medical tourism support, which could be implemented by the Czech Ministry of Health. In the theoretical part, the term medical tourism is defined and it is determined what implications medical tourism might have for both source and destination countries. The legal framework on medical tourism is described and I mention reasons why it should be the Ministry of Health's responsibility to support the segment. The analytical part describes and analyzes in depth the current state of medical tourism in the Czech Republic. A research on the hospitals' position on medical tourism has been carried out. Furthermore, a questionnaire had been sent to embassies of the Czech Republic around the world. Based on discoveries made in the analytical part, I conclude that although medical tourism in the Czech Republic has certain potential, this potential has its limits. The main limit might be that public hospitals have little motivation to seek for revenues outside of subsidies. In accordance with the aforementioned, I suggest a plan on medical tourism support for the Ministry of Health and a budget of its implementation is also established. The thesis also mentions its possible connection to medical export.
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Health oriented tourism
Bendová, Vendula ; Valentová, Jana (advisor) ; Rolínek, Igor (referee)
This Bachelor's Thesis is focused on health oriented tourism, as a relatively new form of tourism, which has been experiencing big boom in recent years. The first part of the thesis is concerned with a theoretical definition of particular terms (e.g. medical tourism, medical tourist), from the English terminology's point of view as well. In the following part major destinations of medical tourism, their offer are analysed. The thesis continues with medical tourism of the Czech Republic. The practical part of the thesis consists of the questionnaire carried out among the clients of some selected clinics in Prague.
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