Dental Tourism in Bali Province, Indonesia

• Published in: NeuroQuantology Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 340 - 347
• Main Authors: Akbar, Fuad Husain, Krishnan, Vijayaletchumy, Yusoh, Mohamad Pirdaus, Senin, M.S., Ismail, Albert Feisal, Abbas, Mohd Saleh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bornova Izmir NeuroQuantology 31.01.2022
• Subjects: Access to information; Chi-square test; Clinics; Cost analysis; Cost control; Dental care; Dentistry; Health services; Internet; Medical research; Medical tourism; Patient satisfaction; Quality of service; Questions; Tourism; Indonesia
• ISSN: 1303-5150; 1303-5150
• DOI: 10.14704/nq.2022.20.1.NQ22301

Introduction: Dental tourism is a type of medical tourism, the number of dental medical tourists traveling to get health services has increased due to various factors such as socio-economic, access and quality. Objective: To determine the relationship between access information, service quality and saving cost with service satisfaction. Method: This study used a cross sectional study design. The used convenience sampling method, Subjects of this study were foreign tourists who received dental care, conducted in 10 private dental clinics in Bali Province, Indonesia on September - October 2019. This questionnaire contained 16 question was designed to obtain information about dental tourism (access information 4 questions, service quality 7 questions, saving cost 5 questions). The data were analyzed using the chi square test with a significance level set at 5% (p <0.05). Results: Access information (p=0.009), service quality (p=0.002) and saving cost (p=0.013) have a significant relationship with patient satisfaction dental tourism. Conclusion: Relationship between access to information, service quality and saving cost significant with patient satisfaction of dental patient satisfaction in Bali Province, Indonesia.