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- Title
COVID-19疫情時代文化維度 對醫療旅遊的效果.
- Authors
蘇珉一
- Abstract
Objectives: In the COVID-19 pandemic that started in 2019, the world witnessed a wide variety of travel restrictions implemented by countries globally on the basis of their medical capabilities and cultural backgrounds. These restrictions exerted a strong negative effect on the international medical tourism industry. To explore this effect, the study employed Hofstede’s cultural dimensions model to determine how cultural differences affect international medical tourism. Methods: Data on the numbers of inbound travelers from 29 countries to Taiwan for the purpose of medical tourism between 2017 and 2020 were collected. Given that the data included both time-series and cross-sectional data, this study used a panel data approach for modeling. Results: In times of a pandemic, the number of inbound travelers for medical tourism purposes correlated significantly and negatively with the travelers’ national culture level of uncertainty avoidance. Conclusions: The cultural aspects of uncertainly avoidance in the home country also affected travelers’ openness to medical tourism during the pandemic.
- Publication
Taiwan Journal of Publich Health / Taiwan Gong Gong Wei Sheng Za Zhi, 2023, Vol 42, Issue 6, p626
- ISSN
1023-2141
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.6288/TJPH.202312_42(6).112059