Author: Percy K. Singh
Publisher: Kanishka Publishers
ISBN: 9788184570274
Category : Medical care
Languages : en
Pages : 424

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Author: Cooper, Malcolm
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1466685751
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 461

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The era of globalization allows for more connectivity between nations and cultures. This increase in international association gives citizens more availability to take advantage of opportunities in other nations, such as medical assistance and accompanying services. Current Issues and Emerging Trends in Medical Tourism focuses on the emerging phenomena of international travel by patients in search of improved healthcare services and treatment, wellness programs, and complementary recreational activities. Including extensive coverage and case studies focusing on patient mobility and new opportunities for health services across borders, this authoritative reference source is essential to the needs of healthcare providers, nonprofit organizations, students, and medical professionals seeking relevant research on the relationship between global travel and access to healthcare. This publication features innovative, research-based chapters spanning the spectrum of medical travel issues including, but not limited to, customer perceptions, ethical considerations, reproductive medicine, social media use, family caregivers, organ transplants, human trafficking, and surrogacy concerns.

Author: Jayshree Bose
Publisher: SBS Publishers
ISBN: 9788131427293
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 370

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CONTENTS: The Globalisation of Medicine: The Emerging Market of Medical Tourists - Estimates, Challenges & Prospects; Wrong Direction: One Out of Three Americans & Uninsured; Interview with Prathap Reddy - Chairman of Apollo Hospitals; Medical Value Travel - The Indian Chapter; The Globalisation of Healthcare; Contemporary Trends in Healthcare Design & Architecture & their Role in Medical Tourism; Healthcare Accreditation & the Medical Tourism Sector: Some Perspectives; Legal Issues in Medical Tourism - Global Perspective; International Health Insurance & the Indian Healthcare Industry; Medical Tourism: Implications for Participants in the US Health Care System; Role of Central & State Governments in Promoting Medical Tourism in India; MRI Tourists; Alternative Medicine - Avenue for Medical Tourism; Medical Tourism- The Thai Success; Singapore - A Medical Tourism Success Story; Challenges & Opportunities in the Philippine Medical Tourism Industry; A Boost for Medical Tourism in Malaysia.

Author: Anu Rai
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319732722
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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This book examines the global influence and scope of medical tourism with an emphasis on the city of Kolkata in Eastern India as an emerging destination at the regional scale. Through a geographical research perspective, the book discusses the importance of the phenomenon of medical tourism including recent trends, policies, and scale studies to develop sustainable strategies for medical tourism at particular micro destinations. In nine chapters, readers will become familiar with the multi-billion dollar industry of medical tourism and the problems currently associated with medical tourism at multiple scales. The trends of medical tourism in and around the city of Kolkata are used to demonstrate the roles of infrastructure and stakeholders in implementing feasible and sustainable medical tourism in an emerging destination. The first two chapters of the book provide an introduction to medical tourism and the methodologies of this study. Then chapters three through nine focus on medical tourism in the case of Kolkata to discuss the regional applications and developments of medical tourism. Topics addressed include medical tourism facilities, stakeholders and tourists, guest-host relationships, an assessment of development versus risk, and an evaluation of strategies to manage rising medical tourism in Kolkata. The concluding chapter discusses future strategies that could be used to implement the potentialities of a metropolitan city as a medical tourism destination, based on studies done in Kolkata. Readers who will find this work of interest include students, practitioners, geographers, and researchers and policymakers engaged in the medical tourism industry.

Author: Kristen Smith
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1793644187
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 223

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In Medical Tourism and Inequity in India, Kristen Smith explores Indian private hospitals and their role in the global healthcare service supply chain within various religious, social, cultural, historical, and economic contexts. Drawing on critical medical anthropology theories as well as health and human rights perspectives, Smith problematizes the assumed independence between the medical tourism industry, the commodification of the Indian healthcare system, and the local populations facing critical health issues, while highlighting the rapid transformation of healthcare services into merely another global commodity. For more information, check out A Conversation with Kristen Smith, author of Medical Tourism and Inequity in India: The Hyper-Commodification of Healthcare

Author: Junaid Javaid
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783656747987
Category :
Languages : de
Pages : 40

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Project Report from the year 2013 in the subject American Studies - Comparative Literature, grade: A-, University of Bedfordshire, course: MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IN HEALTHCARE & HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT, language: English, abstract: This theory into practice report is intend for exploration of influence of globalisation on the healthcare delivery in Indian Medical Tourism industry. The scope of this report is broad as it critically analyse Indian Medical Tourism industry with the means of theoretical frameworks and case studies based on 3 famous Indian Hospitals. The core objective of this report is to determine the impact of globalisation on the Indian Medical Tourism sector, It has been discovered that India is regarded as the most favourite destination from the perspective of medical tourists and all this possible due to several factors (low treatment cost, capitalisation of superior medical technology and highly skilled paramedical and medical staff who got initial training from Developed countries). The globalisation of healthcares services had been began after the signing of General Agreement on Trade Services (GATS) which thereafter directed Indian economy towards the opening up especially in relation to inflow of advanced medical equipment, pharmaceuticals and implants from other countries and also resulted in the enhancement of quality standards which were guided through the development of clinical governance and competitive benchmarking system. Indian Medical Tourism sector has been offering qualitative and comparatively affordable healthcare services through highly skilled personnel, increasing Indian foreign revenue, expanding job opportunities within healthcare sector, augmenting the global standing of India, encouraging investors to make more investment with healthcare sector and corresponding is promoting reverse brain drain. The major challenge which is a threat to Indian healthcare services due to the globalisation factor is the increasing ine

Author: Rajesh Kumar
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788189741907
Category : Medical tourism
Languages : en
Pages : 360

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Medical tourism is the act of travelling to other countries to obtain medical, dental, preventive and surgical care. With high rising costs of health care, many people are not able to afford health insurance and cannot receive treatment for necessary or elective procedures. Travelling abroad costs 60 to 80 percent less than the same procedure in the US and includes the leisurely aspect of travelling in the foreign country. This book provides readers with an introductory overview of health and medical tourism, besides dental tourism. Identification of related destinations, the involved risks and rewards with respect to medical travel is discussed in detail. An attempt is made towards understanding medical tourism in all its dimensions. The book also gives some reflections on growth of medical tourism worldwide with an Indian perspective on future prospects of global medical tourism. The existing industry of medical tourism in North America, the health facilities and alternative healthcare in Barbados are described as case studies.

Author: Bhupinder Chaudhary
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9789819989089
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This book provides a detailed insight into the amalgamation of the healthcare and hospitality sector, which brought forward the concept of healthcare tourism or medical tourism. There have not been comprehensive resources in this particular area. The available quality resources focus on the Western world. Countries like India are an upcoming and one of the most favored destinations for medical tourism, and this trend is going to increase exponentially in the coming years. This book is developed in a very simple and lucid manner to enable even a layman to grasp the key components of the healthcare and hospitality sector at different levels and gradually link it to the present scenario where factors like accreditation, health insurance, corporatization, and public policy make an impact. Scholars in these sectors attempt to provide the recent trends and prospects supported with updated information. Therefore, it can solve the problem of a single source of detailed information relevant to different yet interconnected industries with a focus on developing countries.

Author: Sneha Pathak
Publisher: Booksclinic Publishing
ISBN: 9388797493
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 132

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"Medical Tourism in India is unique healthcare service provided by various hospitals in India. This book is designed to assist the medical tourist to closely understand and know the status of medical tourism in India and locate their need for healthy life by proper medical treatment during their stay in India.This book introduces India, Indian healthcare system and medical tourism briefly but completely. It is also useful as this book describe medical tourism in India, It’s impact in Indian healthcare system and economy by analyzing various facts and figure using SWOT analysis method and includes many success stories of medical tourism in India with conclusive evidence and suggestion for betterment of medical tourism in India .This book also includes various consultant and tourism sites across India.Hope this book will contribute you to understand medical tourism in India so that you will enjoy reading and find it informative."

Author: Junaid Javaid
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
ISBN: 3668048150
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2015 in the subject Business economics - Miscellaneous, grade: 2,0 (B), University of Bedfordshire, language: English, abstract: This research project examines the phenomenon of medical tourism in India. It contain case studies of three major players of the Indian medical tourism sector. Core aim of this research project is to evaluate the current market situation and the influence of external environmental factor on the Indian medical tourism sector.