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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0121-8697</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de Derecho]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Derecho]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0121-8697</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Fundación Universidad del Norte]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0121-86972017000100290</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Turismo médico comparado en Colombia y Singapur: Estudio sectorial y perspectivas de desarrollo]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Comparative Medical Tourism in Colombia and Singapore: sectorial study and Development Perspectives]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[de la Puente Pacheco]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mario Alberto]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Norte  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Barranquilla ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<numero>47</numero>
<fpage>290</fpage>
<lpage>309</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0121-86972017000100290&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0121-86972017000100290&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0121-86972017000100290&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Se analiza el sector del turismo médico comparado para las localidades de Colombia y Singapur con el fin de identificar la estructura general sectorial de ambas para efectos de desarrollo integral diferenciado a partir de coyunturas particulares y políticas públicas. La metodología de investigación se basó en la recolección de datos oficiales y entrevistas a representantes gremiales e intermediarios de servicios médico-turísticos, que permite la agrupación de información sobre variables independientes. Se encontró que el sector del turismo médico en los procedimientos estudiados tanto para Colombia como Singapur se encuentra diferenciado debido al enfoque de política para el desarrollo de atractivo médico-turístico. Este trabajo aporta a la literatura de estudio diferenciado de sectores no tradicionales a través del estudio del turismo médico como industria poco explorada a nivel mundial.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract This article analyzes compared medical tourism sector to the localities of Colombia and Singapore in order to identify sectorial general structure of both for purposes of differentiated integral development from private and public political situations are analyzed. The research methodology is based on official data collection and interviews with union representatives and brokers of medical tourism services that enable the collection of independent variables. It is found that the medical tourism sector form Colombia and Singapore are differentiated due to different development policies approaches. This work contributes to the tourism sector through the study of medical tourism as unexplored sector worldwide.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[medicina curativa]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[turismo de la salud]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[medical tourism]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[healing medicine]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[health tourism]]></kwd>
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