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标题：Medical Tourism in the Caribbean Islands: A Cure for Economies in Crisis?
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作者：John Connell
期刊名称：Island Studies Journal
印刷版ISSN：1715-2593
出版年度：2013
卷号：8
期号：1
页码：115-130
出版社：Institute of Island Studies, University of Prince Edward Island
摘要：Small island states have increasingly sought new means of economic diversification. Several Caribbean states have begun to develop medical tourism, partly building on existing tourist-oriented economies. Medical tourism has boomed in this century in several states in Asia and in Central America. The Bahamas, Barbados and the Cayman Islands exemplify different strategies for medical tourism, in order to generate foreign exchange and new employment, and reduce costs from overseas referrals. Most medical tourism projects have been developed by overseas corporations and are oriented to a US market. Business principles rather than health care dominate development strategies, notably of emerging transnational medical corporations, and raise ethical issues. Success will be difficult to achieve in a crowded and competitive market.
关键词：Caribbean;competition;development;health care;medical tourism