Predictors of international Muslim medical tourists’ expectations on halal-friendly healthcare services: A hospital-based study
Background Halal-friendly healthcare services have emerged as an important sector of the overall healthcare service delivery system. This study aimed to examine levels and determinants of expectations on halal-friendly healthcare services from the Muslim medical tourists’ perspective. Methods A cros...
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Published in | Health services management research : an official journal of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 230 - 239 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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London, England
SAGE Publications
01.11.2023
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Summary: | Background
Halal-friendly healthcare services have emerged as an important sector of the overall healthcare service delivery system. This study aimed to examine levels and determinants of expectations on halal-friendly healthcare services from the Muslim medical tourists’ perspective.
Methods
A cross-sectional survey was conducted in four cities, seventeen hospitals, across Iran, with a sample of 365 international Muslim medical tourists.
Results
Mean expectation score of the respondents was 3.95 ± 1.43. Being in the 25–34 age group (aOR = 2.65; CI 95%: 2.14–3.16), being married (aOR = 2.09; CI 95%: 1.46–2.72), having completed secondary education (aOR = 2.14; CI 95%: 1.26–3.02), belonging to a high-income socioeconomic background (aOR = 1.69; CI 95%: 1.06–2.33), coming from Iraq (aOR = 3.08; CI 95%: 2.12–4.04), being Shia (aOR = 2.83; CI 95%: 2.00–3.67), receiving information by recommendation as a source for travel decision (aOR = 3.02; CI 95%: 1.82–4.22), traveling with family or relatives (aOR=2.16; CI 95%: 1.42–2.90), receiving medical service of cosmetic surgery (aOR = 1.57; CI 95%: 1.22–1.92) and cardiovascular therapy (aOR = 2.33; CI 95%: 1.23–3.43), and traveling one or two times in the past (aOR = 2.33; CI 95%: 1.00–3.66) significantly increased the expectations on halal-friendly healthcare services.
Conclusion
This study will represent an important contribution to the literature concerned with the levels and drivers of expectations on halal-friendly healthcare services. |
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ISSN: | 0951-4848 1758-1044 |
DOI: | 10.1177/09514848221109831 |