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dc.contributor.authorPforr, Christof
dc.contributor.authorLocher, C.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:27:00Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:27:00Z
dc.date.created2011-08-03T20:01:14Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationPforr, Christof and Locher, Cornelia. 2011. From Patient to Guest: Current trends in the German health care industry and their impacts on the tourism sector, The 12th International Conference of the Society for Global Business & Economic Development, Jul 21 2011, pp. 2179-2187. Singapore: Society for Global Business & Economic Development (SGBED).
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31726
dc.description.abstract

Fuelled by demographic and psychographic change, the German health care system has been under increasing pressure over the past decades to a point where the system has been seen as no longer economically viable. This has set in motion a string of reform measures which have aimed to reign in the spiralling costs. Now, with a much greater focus on prevention, competition within the health care system and more personal responsibility, the German health sector is by many no longer perceived as a burden on the national economy but rather as an opportunity for furture economic growth. One important reason for this development has been an expansion in what is known as the second health care market. This paper outlines the shift from a public health insurance system to a modern health economy by focusing on the health tourism sector which has experienced a boom in recent years, driven particularly by strong demand in the senior market segment.

dc.publisherSociety for Global Business & Economic Development (SGBED)
dc.titleFrom Patient to Guest: Current trends in the German health care industry and their impacts on the tourism sector
dc.typeConference Paper
dcterms.source.startPage2179
dcterms.source.endPage2187
dcterms.source.titleProceedings of the 12th international conference of the Society for Global Business & Economic Development
dcterms.source.seriesProceedings of the 12th international conference of the Society for Global Business & Economic Development
dcterms.source.isbn9780983789802
dcterms.source.conferenceThe 12th international conference of the Society for Global Business & Economic Development
dcterms.source.conference-start-dateJul 21 2011
dcterms.source.conferencelocationSingapore
dcterms.source.placeSingapore
curtin.departmentSchool of Management
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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