opting for an "Economic Sector" - rather than just a “Destination”
Konstantinos Konstantinidis, M.D., Ph.D.
Director - ExCtu - addressing the Health Tourism Sector "Builder Class" (a.k.a. the "growth makers" and “developers”) by providing the infrastructure supporting economic activity and enabling the system to function
…the systemic and contemporary approach to "Designing, Creating and Operating"
This is an “ever-evolving” EMVIO document
See: EMVIO Entities - in Health Tourism - https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/emvio-entities-health-tourism-constantinides-m-d-ph-d-/ .
NOTE
For the “definition and scope” of Contemporary Health Tourism (a.k.a. Internet Century Health Tourism – with both terms now, represented by ht8) - in bullet point form - see: https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/health-tourism-few-bullet-points-constantinides-m-d-ph-d-/ .
Also included is a short reference to the “then” and “now”.
About Health Tourism Snippets – see: Health Tourism Snippets | LinkedIn .
the Transformation and Repurposing
…motivating a shift in the “thinking and doing” of Governments / States
As a consequence of transformation and repurposing – Health Tourism is now regarded as an Economic Sector (and a sector of the economy).
This development is motivating governments / states, to now, think and do in terms of “designing, creating and operating a Health Tourism Economic Sector” – rather than just a “destination”.
The rationale and justification for this “shift”, with convincing arguments, is laid out in several papers / LinkedIn articles – including:
The subject is comprehensively covered in the book – initially being released in small digestible bits (in the form of papers and LinkedIn articles) - titled: designing, creating and operating Health Tourism Economic Sectors – the Systemic Approach.