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@article{ART001824073},
author={Yu Sook Hee and Kwon, Yoo-Hong},
title={An Exploratory Study on Medical Tourists' Perception of Psychic Distance: Focused on Japanese and Chinese Medical Tourists},
journal={Journal of Tourism Sciences},
issn={1226-0533},
year={2013},
volume={37},
number={10},
pages={183-203}

TY - JOUR
AU - Yu Sook Hee
AU - Kwon, Yoo-Hong
TI - An Exploratory Study on Medical Tourists' Perception of Psychic Distance: Focused on Japanese and Chinese Medical Tourists
JO - Journal of Tourism Sciences
PY - 2013
VL - 37
IS - 10
PB - The Tourism Sciences Society Of Korea
SP - 183
EP - 203
SN - 1226-0533
AB - The purpose of the study was to explore the perception of psychic distance of medical tourists towards medical tourism destinations. With this aim, focus group interviews were conducted with Japanese and Chinese medical tourists who experienced medical care in Korea. All interviews were recorded and transcribed, and data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Four themes emerged from the analysis: cultural differences, positive feelings about a host country, evaluation of the level of medical treatment, and geographical proximity to the medical tourism destination. Medical tourists perceive the lower psychic distance when they feel less cultural differences between home and a host country, when they have more positive feelings about a host country, when they trust the medical systems of a host country, and a host country is closer geographically to their home. The results of the study demonstrate that psychic distance is subjective and comparative feelings towards a destination; at the same time, each construal level can vary as psychic distance changes.
KW - Medical tourism;Psychic distance;Construal level theory;Focus group interview
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Yu Sook Hee and Kwon, Yoo-Hong. (2013). An Exploratory Study on Medical Tourists' Perception of Psychic Distance: Focused on Japanese and Chinese Medical Tourists. Journal of Tourism Sciences, 37(10), 183-203.

Yu Sook Hee and Kwon, Yoo-Hong. 2013, "An Exploratory Study on Medical Tourists' Perception of Psychic Distance: Focused on Japanese and Chinese Medical Tourists", Journal of Tourism Sciences, vol.37, no.10 pp.183-203.

Yu Sook Hee, Kwon, Yoo-Hong "An Exploratory Study on Medical Tourists' Perception of Psychic Distance: Focused on Japanese and Chinese Medical Tourists" Journal of Tourism Sciences 37.10 pp.183-203 (2013) : 183.

Yu Sook Hee, Kwon, Yoo-Hong. An Exploratory Study on Medical Tourists' Perception of Psychic Distance: Focused on Japanese and Chinese Medical Tourists. 2013; 37(10), 183-203.

Yu Sook Hee and Kwon, Yoo-Hong. "An Exploratory Study on Medical Tourists' Perception of Psychic Distance: Focused on Japanese and Chinese Medical Tourists" Journal of Tourism Sciences 37, no.10 (2013) : 183-203.

Yu Sook Hee; Kwon, Yoo-Hong. An Exploratory Study on Medical Tourists' Perception of Psychic Distance: Focused on Japanese and Chinese Medical Tourists. Journal of Tourism Sciences, 37(10), 183-203.

Yu Sook Hee; Kwon, Yoo-Hong. An Exploratory Study on Medical Tourists' Perception of Psychic Distance: Focused on Japanese and Chinese Medical Tourists. Journal of Tourism Sciences. 2013; 37(10) 183-203.

Yu Sook Hee, Kwon, Yoo-Hong. An Exploratory Study on Medical Tourists' Perception of Psychic Distance: Focused on Japanese and Chinese Medical Tourists. 2013; 37(10), 183-203.

Yu Sook Hee and Kwon, Yoo-Hong. "An Exploratory Study on Medical Tourists' Perception of Psychic Distance: Focused on Japanese and Chinese Medical Tourists" Journal of Tourism Sciences 37, no.10 (2013) : 183-203.