As the main task of this project is to find out which quality criteria are essential for the different stakeholders of the medical tourism industry, it is very important to define what quality exactly is and how it is perceived in the medical sector.
Every accreditation system in this report has been analysed by means of a table, followed by a short explanation. The various systems are divided up in inbound and outbound countries, countries that were not taken into account yet and accreditation systems that operate on a Meta level. All the systems are arranged in alphabetical order divided in the four categories.
Name | Name of the organisation |
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Type of organisation | Private or public organisation |
International or national | Cooperation of accreditation systems only with national healthcare facilities or also international |
Period of validity | Duration of the certifi cate |
Method of assessment | Method of assessment of the institution by an accreditation system |
Public communication | Transparent/not transparent communication with international patients |
Target groups | Target groups of the accreditation certifi cate |
Price | Application fee for the accreditation |
Accredited by | Accreditation system being accredited or not accredited by a different institution |
Participation | Voluntarily or compulsory |
Quality norm | Accreditation system working with certain model or norm |
Founders | Founders of the accreditation system |
Objective | Objective/mission of the accreditation system |
Profit or non-profit based | Accreditation system being profi t oriented or not |
Accredited institutions | Description of institutions accreditation by this system |
Special remarks | Differentiation of this accreditation system from others or other important remarks |