Medical Tourism in Iran: Analysis of Opportunities and Challenges with MADM Approach

Abstract: Globalization and liberalization of trade in health services has made medical tourism feasible and continues to grow. This industry provides new additional financial resources to health systems of the participating countries and also provides saving costs of health services for those countries are outsourcing these services to developing countries and for the uninsured patients have to pay treatments bills out of pocket too. This study aims to define the challenges and opportunities of medical tourism industry in Iran and propose some mechanisms to make Iran prosper with this new Industry... continuation