Neoteric aspects, problems and prospects of development of medical tourism in Ukraine

Flinta Natalіa. Neoteric aspects, problems and prospects of development of medical tourism in Ukraine. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(5):349-360. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2525267 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/6410 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Author(s) 2018; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 02.04.2018. Revised: 12.04.2018. Accepted: 31.05.2018. УДК 338.484 Neoteric aspects, problems and prospects of development of medical tourism in Ukraine Natalіa Flinta Ternopil National Pedagogical University named after. V. Hnatyuk Abstract The article focuses on the main issues of the current state of development of medical tourism in Ukraine. It also examines the experience of foreign countries in the field of medical tourism. One has conducted the SWOT analysis, identified the main factors determining the attractiveness of the Ukrainian medical tourism market. The article describes three main models of attracting foreign patients that are used in Ukraine. As well as determines the main aspects, problems, and potential for development. Medical tourism is another segment of the market of health tourism. Today, travel agencies indicate an increase in the number of orders for medical tourism. For a long time, this kind of tourism has been in demand among Americans and residents of Western Europe. According to Medical Insights International, since 2016, incomes from health tourism have been increasing every year by 20%, with annual market turnover reaching $40-60 billion. Europeans and Americans go abroad seeking cheap medical care (plastic operations, heart surgery, organ transplantation, and dental services are in demand). Such services are provided at the highest level not only by European clinics but also clinics in Asia, Australia, and Latin America. Given the increasing demand for passing medical examination abroad, budgets for diagnostic travel are increasing, depending on the cost of the program, which is calculated by the clinic (usually 2.5-5 thousand euros), the choice of place of residence (the diagnosis is usually outpatient), the presence of a medical interpreter, transfer, etc. Keywords: medical tourism, Ukraine, health touris