Development Strategy of Health Tourism in Iran

  • سال انتشار: 1394
  • محل انتشار: مجله پزشکی سفر و بهداشت جهانی، دوره: 3، شماره: 4
  • کد COI اختصاصی: JR_IJTMGH-3-4_005
  • زبان مقاله: انگلیسی
  • تعداد مشاهده: 98
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نویسندگان

Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini

Department of Health Services Management, Tehran North Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Ali Maher

Department of Health Services Management, Tehran North Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Omidreza Safarian

Department of Health Services Management, Tehran North Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Ali Ayoubian

Health Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Donya Sheibani-Tehrani

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Hossein Amini-Anabad

Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Zahra Hashemidehaghi

Eye Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

چکیده

Introduction: Iran has considerable potentials for growth of health tourism. However, they have not been properly realized towards national development.This paper has attempted to prioritize the development strategies of health tourism in Iran which has been conducted on the hospitals of Tehran. Methods: This study is a descriptive-analytical research. It was carried out in ۲۰۱۳ and the sample size was determined through snowball non-probability sampling. A questionnaire was administered to ۲۹ participants and the development strategies were formulated by SWOT. Results: The findings of the research showed that the weakness points of the health tourism industry override the strength points. This is while the opportunities of development are more than threats. Conclusion: One may conclude that Iran’s health tourism is in a weakness opportunity (WO) situation and needs strategies which have been specially designed for such situations. Therefore, the improvement strategies (WO) have been located in priority for the development of health tourism in Iran.

کلیدواژه ها

Strategy of Development, Health tourism, SWOT, Iran

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