Research Methodology on Medical Tourism Market
This research study is designed to provide insights into Medical Tourism and its current market landscape. To this end, exhaustive primary and secondary research is conducted. In terms of primary research, interviews with key opinion leaders and stakeholders in the industry are conducted to gain an in-depth understanding of the market. These interactions have helped to get an overview of the current trends, growth prospects, and opportunities in the Medical Tourism Market. The interviewees comprised C-level executives, industry experts, and marketing executives.
In terms of secondary research, various published sources like market intelligence report from relevant industry associations and organizations, industry white papers, and databases such as World Bank Open Database, International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook, and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development were referred to obtain data about various market segments of the Medical Tourism Market. Moreover, extensive secondary research is conducted in the form of news articles, directories, and databases available in print, on the internet, and in libraries.
Additional secondary research such as industry potential databases and company profiles is also conducted. This helps to obtain desired insights on the Medical Tourism Market and its progress over the projected period 2023 to 2030. Extensive secondary research is conducted to gain an understanding of key trends, perspectives, and opinions in the Medical Tourism Market.
The data triangulation method is used to evaluate the data obtained through secondary research and primary research. This method helps to enhance the data's accuracy and validity by analyzing a plethora of data collected from multiple sources. Thus, data collected from all sources are pooled to compile the data, which is further verified and validated. The tabulated data is compared, analyzed, and modified to create an approach that resulted in precise study results; these results are then used to obtain the expected forecast trends in the Medical Tourism Market.
The historic data is used to forecast the market growth over the forecast period 2023 to 2030. This data is obtained with the help of extended Secondary Research, which includes accessing databases and statistics presented in the form of magazine articles, books, and other documents, and is further corroborated with interviews conducted with key opinion leaders and primary respondents.
The market is divided into different segments, including product type, therapeutic area, and region. These segments are further analyzed and studied across different sections such as drivers, restraints, opportunities, and challenges. The drivers and restraints identified as part of this research are short-term and long-term factors. Finally, the report is validated with the help of a feedback loop that incorporated the views of medical tourist agencies and service providers, healthcare service providers, government bodies, and industry personnel. Insights obtained were used to further refine the research.