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Cluster as an opportunity for medical tourism in Poiand 111

Poiand has already become a target of medical tourism. In the first half of 2013, foreign patients spent 30 million PLN, and sińce the beginning of 2011 morę than 150 million PLN.

At the core of the development of medical tourism are such factors as:

•    the aging population of developed countries, as well as an increase in expectations as to the length - and above all - ąuality of life, to be utilized by tourist companies,

•    overloaded health systems of many developed European Union (EU) member States,

•    changes in lifestyle, and, above all, a fascination with health, caring for the physical condition and interest in altemative methods of maintaining good health and treatment.

Tourist market provides morę and morę interesting places for vacation, while at the same time offering a wide rangę of medical services at affordable prices. Poiand in this area is expected to follow the trends, sustaining price attractiveness when compared to Germany and the United Kingdom, while, however, being exposed to the competitive pressure from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. Some treatment supplied by the Central European competitors are comparatively cheaper (Tab. 2).

Tablc 2. Price comparison of selected medical services (minimal prices in PLN)

Medical service	Poiand	Czech Republic	Slovakia	Germany
calaract surgeiy	4 000	2 200	2 200	4 000
hip endoprosthesis	20 000	4 200	5 000	23 000
removal of tonsils	1 250	1 000	1 600	5 600
cardiological advice	120	80	250	250
ophthalmologic advice	150	35	200	200

Source: [medi-tour, 2014],

Medical tourism therefore plays a significant and growing role in the development of the Polish national strategy of tourism. Ministry of Economic Affairs has allocated 4 million PLN to promote medical tourism in Poiand in the years 2012-2015, the first govemment program co-financed by the EU, the aim of which is to convince foreign medical tourists to use medical services that are available in Poiand.

The main target of medical tourists are attractive cities with airports, very well connected, namely Cracow, Warsaw, Wrocław and Szczecin. The major advantages that attract foreign patients are as follows: ąuality of service in modem clinics, well--trained Staff with highly developed language skills, as well as Iow cost of treatment. It should be noticed that the price is not a determining factor, but the ąuality and availability of service.

In the coming years we do expect a significant increase in medical tourism market in Poiand. This situation is a result of significant commercialization and privatization

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