224 Int. J. Business Continuity and Risk Management, Vol. 10, Nos. 2/3, 2020 Copyright © 2020 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Why medical tourists must go to Malaysia! Ai Chin Thoo* and Anis Izzren Noor Khairuddin Department of Business Administration, Azman Hashim International Business School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia Email: acthoo@utm.my Email: aneyzizzren95@gmail.com *Corresponding author Huam Hon Tat Putra Business School, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia Email: huam@putrabs.edu.my Zuraidah Sulaiman Department of Business Administration, Azman Hashim International Business School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia Email: zuraidahs@utm.my Lee Yoke Lai Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia Email: lylai@utm.my Adaviah Mas’od Department of Business Administration, Azman Hashim International Business School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia Email: adaviah@utm.my Abstract: Medical tourism industry in Malaysia is booming and has been highlighted as a major catalyst for economic development. This study attempts to examine the determinants that affect the foreign patients’ repurchase intention to obtain medical treatment in Malaysia. The determinants include hospital and staff, country factor, combination tourism and health services, and cost saving. Self-administered questionnaire was the main instrument for data collection of the study. Data were collected from 117 foreign patients in several private hospitals located at Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bharu using