The Role of Outpatient Care Accreditation in Enhancing Foreign Patients’ Perception of Colombian Medical Tourism: A Quasi-experimental Design
| Autor: | Briyis Fontecha Pacheco, Elkyn Rafael Lugo Arias, Carlos Mario de Oro Aguado, Mario Alberto de la Puente Pacheco |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
media_common.quotation_subject education Medical tourism Colombia accreditation Tourism 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Ambulatory care Perception medicine Ambulatory Care Humans Quality (business) 030212 general & internal medicine health care economics and organizations media_common Accreditation Chi-square distributions Case Study Health Policy lcsh:Public aspects of medicine medical tourism lcsh:RA1-1270 Focus group Test (assessment) outpatients Research Design 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Family medicine surveys and questionnaires focus groups Psychology Quasi-experiment |
| Zdroj: | Inquiry: A Journal of Medical Care Organization, Provision and Financing Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, Vol 57 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 1945-7243 0046-9580 |
| Popis: | This study analyzes whether hospitals accredited by the Joint Commission International in outpatient medical care protocols located in Colombia achieve a higher quality perception from foreign patients compared to others treated in a non-accredited one. A t-test with Welch correction, chi-square test, correlation coefficient of Tau Kendall, pre-test, post-test, complementary questionnaire and a 2 focus groups were used in 178 foreign patients. It was observed that patients treated in accredited hospitals had a higher quality perception than the non-accredited group. However, it was found that an unbalanced application of the 3 variables negatively alters quality judgment. Findings contributes to understanding the Colombian medical tourism in depth using non-conventional instruments. |
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