Analysis of hotspot provinces to medical tourism by GiZScore (case study: I.R.Iran)

Health Tourism in general and medical tourism in particular is one of the Types of
tourism that its annual income in the world estimated to be about a hundred billion
dollars. Medical tourism which has a rich history, in recent centuries organized and
Private and governmental organizations have benefited from the interests. In this paper,
By statistical analysis of Statistics Organization a and three important indicators such
hospital density, the size of hospital and The population density pressure on hospitals
By GiZScore method or the Z-Score method of Arc GIS software to determine the
critical provinces to earn a clear assessment of the provinces to create and promote
medical tourism that we realized that the medical centers and the number of beds is
Primary needs of the province. Western Azerbaijan has a large population, but the
number of hospital beds is limited. Sistan and Baluchistan more than 99 percent due to
the absence of major hospitals and Western Azerbaijan more than 99 percent because of
the population density pressure on hospitals is not desirable for medical tourism.