Medical Tourism In Malaysia Journal

On the other hand in malaysia the research on medical tourism is scarce and only few studies about medical tourism are found in malaysia such as alavi et al.

Medical tourism in malaysia journal. From 643 000 medical tourist arrivals in 2011 to over 1 2 million in 2018 malaysia has grown its health tourism industry to become a leading global destination for international patients in asia and beyond. They won the international medical travel journal s imtj medical travel. Reigning as the destination of the year by the international medical tourism journal for 3 consecutive years we are committed to create and ensure an exceptional healthcare destination experience with limitless possibilities and exceptional quality. Health director general tan sri dr noor hisham abdullah dedicated the award to all the stakeholders in.

This is the fourth time malaysia has received this award. Malaysia healthcare took home the title of destination of the year at the international medical travel journal imtj medical travel awards 2020 this is the fourth time our healthcare service has won this award. Medical journal of malaysia is a scientific journal published quarterly and can be found in medical libraries in many parts of the world. Destination of the year award in 2019.

Hospital prestige in medical tourism. Medical tourism malaysia has provided award winning healthcare facilities to over 4 9 million medical travellers from all over the world. The award was announced at the 2020 medical tourism award ceremony in london. On 23 september 2020 malaysia won the health and medical tourism.

The journal also enjoys the status of being listed in the index medicus the internationally accepted reference index of medical journals. Malaysia has received recognition over the years for its medical tourism industry yet many still aren t aware that it s a viable option malaysia has been voted the country with the best healthcare in the world by international living s annual global retirement index for three straight years 2015 2017. The uk based international medical travel journal has also named malaysia as destination of the year for healthcare travel from 2015 to 2017 the same year medical tourism arrivals reached the one million mark 1 050 000 in malaysia for the first time. 2015 manaf 2011 na et al.

Among the international awards malaysia has won in recognition of its healthcare services are the united kingdom based international medical travel journal s cluster of the year award for three consecutive years 2017 2018 and 2019 and the highly commended health and medical tourism.