Glomerular Filtration rate and its determinants.pptx
Dr. Dinos Constandinides
1. Health-related Services – Involving Some Travel Health in the Context of Tourism Tourism in the Context of Health
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3. Medical Tourism Magazine – Issue 12 (2009) …Europe “ Greece - A Future Olympus of Health and Medical Tourism” … a health tourism destination with unique attributes. … Greece will be targeting a consumer demographic which is not primarily “price sensitive”, takes top quality and standards for granted and is looking for such attributes as ambience, sophistication, elegance and flair. … in 2007 healthCare cybernetics ( hCc ) took the initiative of initiating a national-level domain integration and development project.
4. What is “Health Tourism”? “ umbrella” term – but an inverted umbrella services related to health and involving some travel (…even within your own country)
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6. To fully understand and appreciate Health Tourism … consider it in the context of its “Segments” (the flavors of Health Tourism)
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9. Where is Health Tourism being offered? …and since 2004, where isn’t it? CBC News Online - June 18, 2004 hCc currently monitors health tourism related activities in more than 120 countries … a recent entrant: Uganda YOU HAVE ALL SEEN THIS BEFORE this was then
10. Where can it be offered? Any and every tourism destination can develop and offer Health-related Services (i.e., Health Tourism) … even if these are of the Boutique category
11. Why Health Tourism? Conventional Tourism … no longer sells - anywhere start thinking in terms of Special Interest Tourism
18. start with Domain Integration … the foundations for Health Tourism Development
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21. The broad view and inclusionary spirit …the long tail * Health Tourism draws from a lot more than just the Health and Tourism sectors * …wider choice leads to increased demand (Chris Anderson – Editor WIRED Magazine)
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29. Health Tourism Map of Greece Medical Tourism Dental Tourism Wellness (and Fitness) Tourism Spa Tourism Sports Tourism C ulinary Tourism Accessible Tourism Assisted Residential Tourism www.healthtourismmap.gr
32. Health Tourism Events Meetings, Conferences, Congresses, Exhibitions Greek Health Tourism Integration Conference – 2010 World Health Tourism Congress + International Integration Health Tourism Conference … 2011 in Greece (?)
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35. Designated (and co-funded) the Seminar as: “Program of Vital Significance” Human Resources Development Authority (Cyprus) Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry
36. Health Tourism Studies …Multi-disciplinary Education – for a Multi-disciplinary Industry Collaboration between : Educating and Creating the Industry Leaders International “Firsts”
37. The International Health Tourism Research Institute I ndustry and Market Research … based in Greece
38. Textbook of Contemporary Health Tourism … 2009 ISBN 978-960-92725-0-6 www.textbookofhealthtourism.com
39. ISBN 978-960-92725-1-3 – initially only to Alpine College Students www.healthtourismcoursebook.com
42. Provider of non-health-related Services …a less obvious example (more than 25 Books) A Medical Tourism Thriller set in the USA and India (now a TV Series)
