Mainland Chinese Customers' Intention toward Medical Tourism in Taiwan

Authors: Hsiu-Yuan Wang, Shwu-Huey Wang

Abstract:

This study proposes and tests a rescapturing elements of perceived gain and loss that, by perceived value of medical tourism products, influencintention of potential customers. Data from 301 usable qwere tested against the research model using the structmodeling approach. The results indicated that perceivedkey predictor of customer intentions. As for benefimedical quality, service quality and enjoyment wcomponents that significantly influenced the perceptiRegarding sacrifice, the effects of perceived risk on pewere significant. The findings can provide insights intohow destination countries can make medical tourism a wfor themselves and international patients.KeywordsMedical tourism, perceived valueintention.

Keywords: Medical tourism, perceived valueintention.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1077185

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