Medical tourism facilitators: Patterns of service differentiation

Journal of Vacation Marketing

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 165-183

  Gan, Lydia L ^a   Frederick, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

cluster analysis; differentiation; healthcare tourism; medical tourism; medical tourism agents; principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960588847     PISSN: 13567667     EISSN: 14791870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356766711409181     Document Type: Article

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