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Global Developments in Healthcare and Medical Tourism

Author : Paul, Sudip
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522597883
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (225 download)

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Download or read book Global Developments in Healthcare and Medical Tourism written by Paul, Sudip and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2019-11-22 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The outbreak of global health issues due to rapid urbanization, industrialization, and changing climatic conditions are severely impacting health and lifestyle. Yet, healthcare and medical services continue to increase in cost in developed nations. This can result in medical tourism, wherein patients travel across countries in order to benefit from medical treatment that might not be accessible in the traveler’s nation of origin. Developing countries are prepared to capitalize on this growing industry by offering multi-specialty healthcare hospitals, cost-effective treatments, and the promotion of online medical consultancy. Global Developments in Healthcare and Medical Tourism provides innovative insights into issues impacting healthcare services, healthcare service providers, government policies, and initiatives for health reforms and explores low-cost medical tourism destinations and practices. The book additionally seeks to deliver high-quality, cost-efficient smart healthcare applications. The content within this publication examines global health, wellness tourism, and global business and is designed for students, researchers, academicians, policymakers, government officials, medical practitioners, and industry professionals.

Medical Tourism in India

Author : Sonali Kulkarni
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781441668868
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (688 download)

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Download or read book Medical Tourism in India written by Sonali Kulkarni and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Medical Tourism Destinations 3. Trade of Health Services 4. Ayurvedic Tourism 5. Trends in Health and Wellness Industry 6. Development of Health Tourism in India 7. Medical Tourism in Kerala 8. Assessing the Impacts of Wellness Tourism 9. Hospitality Services 10. Health Tourism and Public Health 11. Towards Sustainable Tourism

Medical Tourism and Wellness In India

Author : Dr. Ketan Vira
Publisher : Academic Guru Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 819744336X
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (974 download)

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Download or read book Medical Tourism and Wellness In India written by Dr. Ketan Vira and published by Academic Guru Publishing House. This book was released on 2024-06-12 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Medical Tourism and Wellness in India" is designed to meet the increasing demand of individuals who are interested in combining an incredible travel experience with excellent medical care. This detailed book examines the rapidly growing medical tourism sector in India, a country that offers a unique fusion of state-of-the-art medical facilities and age-old wellness customs. The book explores the complexities of the healthcare system in India. Readers will acquire an understanding of the country's contemporary hospitals, the medical professionals' proficiency, and the variety of remedies that are accessible. This book gives you the information to make wise judgments, regardless of your interest in cutting-edge surgical techniques or specialist treatments. "Medical Tourism and Wellness in India" acknowledges that receiving medical care is only one aspect of healthcare. The book examines the rich history of healing traditions in India, such as Yoga and Ayurveda. Readers will learn how these age-old practices may enhance modern care and encourage overall health and restoration. The book gives you the useful skills you need to handle medical travel to India. The book "Medical Tourism and Wellness in India" recognizes how the field of medical tourism is developing. It examines the industry's bright future in India while iv addressing the problems of the present. This book is an invaluable asset to a wide range of readers. It's a useful resource for anyone looking for high-quality, affordably priced healthcare. There will be insightful discoveries for healthcare professionals who are interested in learning about the worldwide medical scene. It can be employed by travelers who are interested in a transformative and distinctive experience to organize an unforgettable journey. Finally, "Medical Tourism and Wellness in India" has the potential to empower anyone who is interested in investigating the connection between travel and well-being in the dynamic nation of India.

Growth of the Medical Tourism Industry and Its Impact on Society: Emerging Research and Opportunities

Author : Singh, Manjeet
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1799834298
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Growth of the Medical Tourism Industry and Its Impact on Society: Emerging Research and Opportunities written by Singh, Manjeet and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2020-12-18 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Healthcare and medical services have seen rapid development in various areas of the world, including Asia and Eastern Europe. These territories are now becoming a medical hub for many surrounding countries. Medical tourism is the practice of traveling to international regions for treatment that isn’t available locally. This subject has gained significant attention throughout the tourism industry, as researchers and professionals are searching for specific advancements of medical care and hospital development in numerous countries. Growth of the Medical Tourism Industry and Its Impact on Society: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a collection of innovative research on the methods and advancement of medical travel for treatment in various global regions and provides insights for the growth prospects of the medical tourism business. While highlighting topics including destination branding, community impact, and hospital management, this book is ideally designed for medical executives, hospital directors, researchers, policymakers, academicians, practitioners, scholars, and students seeking current research on tourism practices within the medical field.

Health and Wellness Tourism

Author : Melanie Smith
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136439455
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (364 download)

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Download or read book Health and Wellness Tourism written by Melanie Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-10-23 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health and Wellness Tourism takes an innovative look at this rapidly growing sector of today’s thriving tourism industry. This book examines the range of motivations that drive this diverse sector of tourists, the products that are being developed to meet their needs and the management implications of these developments. A wide range of international case studies illustrate the multiple aspects of the industry and new and emerging trends including spas, medical wellness, life-coaching, meditation, festivals, pilgrimage and yoga retreats. The authors also evaluate marketing and promotional strategies and assess operational and management issues in the context of health and wellness tourism. This text includes a number of features to reinforce theory for advanced students of hospitality, leisure and tourism and related disciplines.

Healthcare tourism opportunities for India

Author : Junaid Javaid
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3656734275
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (567 download)

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Download or read book Healthcare tourism opportunities for India written by Junaid Javaid and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2014-09-03 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2013 in the subject Health - Miscellaneous, grade: B-, University of Bedfordshire, course: MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IN HEALTHCARE & HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT, language: English, abstract: This report is written on the topic of ‘Healthcare Tourism Opportunities for India’. The scope of this report is broad as it incorporates the case studies of five major players in Indian healthcare tourism sector. It has been observed that Healthcare Tourism and Medical Tourism are interchangeable terms. In general, there are two main causes (developed countries’ increasing cost of healthcare services and their overburdened healthcare infrastructure) that have resulted in enhancing the demand for healthcare tourism. Medical Malpractices Insurance is the major for increasing the healthcare cost in developed countries. Commonly, medical malpractice insurance is considered as major aspect for increasing the cost of medical treatment, widening the delay in the waitlist and also enhancing the movement of medical professionals from one region to another. India has competitive edge in the healthcare tourism because of certain characteristics: healthcare professional availability, low-cost medical treatment, enhancing popularity of its traditional wellness systems and country’s existing reputation for treat of relatively advance healthcare segments (such as organ transplant, cardio-vascular surgery and eye surgery/ By reviewing all the case studies, it has been analysed that there are certain general practices that are being pursued by major healthcare service providers in India. It includes updation and utilisation of advanced technology & medical facilities, consistent healthcare education, research in medical sciences and the approach of skill development. It has been discovered that there are certain opportunities (Increasing cost of healthcare in developed countries, language proficiency of Indians, Indian healthcare institutions’ success rate, delay in waiting time, Indian healthcare institutions’ success rate and spillover effects) that could be exploited by the Indian medical institutions that are intended on providing medical services to foreign medical tourists. However, it has been determined that Indian medical tourism sector has been some of the challenges (Indian government’s low spending on Healthcare sector, lack of International Accreditation, transplantation law, shortage of hotel accommodation and inadequate malpractices law) that could have negative impact on the growth rate of this sector. It has been recommended that the strategies currently adopted by major players of Indian medical tourism sector have helped its country to emerge as favouri

Medical Tourism and Inequity in India

Author : Kristen Smith
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793644187
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book Medical Tourism and Inequity in India written by Kristen Smith and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-03-28 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Health, Tourism and Hospitality

Author : Melanie Smith
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136187359
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (361 download)

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Download or read book Health, Tourism and Hospitality written by Melanie Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-03 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health, Tourism and Hospitality: Spas, Wellness and Medical Travel, 2nd Edition takes an in-depth and comprehensive look at the growing health, wellness and medical tourism sectors in a global context. The book analyses the history and development of the industries, the way in which they are managed and organised, the expanding range of new and innovative products and trends, and the marketing of destinations, products and services. The only book to offer a complete overview and introduction to health, tourism and hospitality this 2nd Edition has been updated to include: • Expanded coverage to the hospitality sector with a particular focus on spa management. • New content on medical tourism throughout the book, to reflect the worldwide growth in medical travel with more and more countries entering this competitive market. • Updated content to reflect recent issues and trends including: ageing population, governments encouraging preventative health, consumer use of contemporary and alternative therapies, self-help market, impacts of economic recession, spa management and customer loyalty. • New case studies taken from a range of different countries and contexts, and focusing on established or new destinations, products and services such as: conventional medicine, complementary and alternative therapies, lifestyle-based wellness, beauty and cosmetics, healthy nutrition, longevity and anti (or active)-ageing, amongst others. Written in a user friendly style, this is essential reading for students studying health, tourism and hospitality.

Medical tourism: on the growth track in India

Author : Ambuj Gupta
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3638017109
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Medical tourism: on the growth track in India written by Ambuj Gupta and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2008-03-03 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific Essay from the year 2008 in the subject Business economics - Miscellaneous, grade: none, NIL, course: Business management, language: English, abstract: India’s growth story as a medical tourism hub is a relatively newer one. With significant cost advantages, availability of quality medical treatment with the most-advanced medical technology coupled with India’s well-known tourist destinations and rich cultural heritage,medical tourism does provide a motive sufficient enough to allure those foreign patients who either want to avoid the long waiting list for medical treatment in the West or, in absence of any health insurance coverage, seek lower cost treatment. India’s strength in advanced and life saving healthcare such as organ transplants, cardio-vascular surgery,etc, as well as in alternative systems of medicine(i.e. ayurveda, naturopathy,etc) offer significant competitive advantages. Cashing in this opportunity, The National Health Policy 2002 declared that treatment of foreign patients is legally an “export” and deemed “eligible for all fiscal incentives extended to export earnings”. Besides, a new category of visa, “Medical Visa” has been introduced by Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India. On the other hand, setting up of Bio-Technology Parks Society of India, grant of SEZ status to them, coming up Medicities, entry of private players in health insurance in India along with Indian hospitals looking for international accreditation glitter further hopes of accelerated medical tourism, a growth engine for foreign exchange earnings. However, the poor infrastructure of the country, shabby streets, pity state of our public hospitals shakens our confidence,despairs for this much hype of medical tourism and calls for serious attention wherein much more efforts are needed. Definitely,public-private partnership is one way ahead which can revamp public hospitals and bring them at par with other private hospitals.Further, there is still no Medical Tourism Policy either formulated by the Central or any of the States Governments. As the medical tourism industry is growing exponentially, government and the private players need to join hands in order to act as a catalyst to build infrastructure for hospitals, create specialty tourist packages to include medical treatment, promote accreditation and standardisation, enable access and tie-ups with insurance companies, provide state of art facilities and improve quality of in-patient care and service to meet the requirements of foreign patients and to attain sustainable competitive advantage.

Health Tourism

Author : Amitabha Ghose
Publisher : SBS Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9788131427224
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Health Tourism written by Amitabha Ghose and published by SBS Publishers. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CONTENTS: Health Tourism: An Emerging Industry; Growth & Opportunities of Medical Tourism in India; Globalization & Industry Competitiveness in Healthcare Services & Marketing; Medical Tourism: India's Competitive Advantage; Indian Hospital Industry & Medical Tourism; Medical Tourism in India: Winners & Losers; Medical Tourism in India: Strategy for its Development; Redistributive Policies of the Government of India: Medical Tourism Industry & its benefits to Local Citizens; Apollo Hospitals: Leading the way in Healthcare Tourism; Medical Tourism in Kerala -- Challenges & Scope; Medical Tourism: Opportunities & Challenges; Development of a Framework Towards Successful Implementation of E-Governance Initiatives in Health Sector in India.

Health and Wellness Tourism

Author : Leo Rask
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781681174341
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (743 download)

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Download or read book Health and Wellness Tourism written by Leo Rask and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health and wellness tourism is now an international trend set by the health conscious consumers seeking to enhance their well-being through their travel experiences. Wellness tourism is travel for the purpose of promoting health and well-being through physical, psychological, or spiritual activities. While wellness tourism is often correlated with medical tourism because health interests motivate the traveler, wellness tourists are proactive in seeking to improve or maintain health and quality of life, often focusing on prevention, while medical tourists generally travel reactively to receive treatment for a diagnosed disease or condition. Wellness travelers pursue diverse services, including physical fitness and sports; beauty treatments; healthy diet and weight management; relaxation and stress relief; meditation; yoga; and health-related education. Wellness travelers may seek procedures or treatments using conventional, alternative, complementary, herbal, or homeopathic medicine. This type of consumer seeks to look and feel better, to lose weight, to slow the effects of aging, to relieve pain or discomfort, to manage stress, or to partake in the use of natural supplements like vitamins and minerals to improve their health. Resorts and hotels are joining the health spa development craze, although only some resorts are moving into the scope of services currently offered by destination spas. Likewise, a growing number of day spas are adding health and wellness programming options. Health tourism refers to those clients with medical conditions who would travel to experience healing therapies. A person who seeks a wellness travel experience, is generally healthy to start with, and seeks therapies to maintain his or her well-being. The spa industry segment is regarded as the leading player in health and wellness tourism. The book Health and Wellness Tourism offers most comprehensive topics on health and wellness tourism within the travel industry.

MEDICAL TOURISM IN INDIA

Author : Sneha Pathak
Publisher : Booksclinic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9388797493
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (887 download)

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Download or read book MEDICAL TOURISM IN INDIA written by Sneha Pathak and published by Booksclinic Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-21 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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."

HEALTH & WELLNESS TOURISM: ANALYSIS ON HEALTH TOURISM PROSPECTS IN MAHARASHTRA, INDIA

Author : Dr. Sagar H Mohite
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1365440311
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (654 download)

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Download or read book HEALTH & WELLNESS TOURISM: ANALYSIS ON HEALTH TOURISM PROSPECTS IN MAHARASHTRA, INDIA written by Dr. Sagar H Mohite and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-01-09 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The global growth in the flow of patients and health professionals as well as medical technology, capital funding and regulatory regimes across national borders has given rise to new patterns of consumption and production of healthcare services over recent decades.

Medical Tourism

Author : C. Michael Hall
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136270523
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book Medical Tourism written by C. Michael Hall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medical and health tourism is a significant area of growth in the export of medical, health and tourism services. Although spas and improved well-being have long been part of the tourist experience, health tourism now includes travel for medical purposes ranging from cosmetic and dental surgery through to transplants and infertility treatment. Many countries including China, Cuba, Hungary, India, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore actively promote and compete for the medical tourist dollar, while many developed countries also provide niche private services. However, the field of medical tourism is increasingly being subject to scrutiny and debate, particularly as a result of concerns over regulatory, ethical and wider health issues. Drawing on a range of theoretical and methodological perspectives, this book is one of the first to critically address the substantial political, philosophical and ethical issues that arise out of the transnational practices of medical tourism. Through a series of chapters the book engages with key issues such as the role of regulatory and policy structures in influencing medical and health tourism related mobilities. These issues are investigated by considering range of developing and developed countries, medical systems and health economic perspectives. The book adopts a multi-layered perspective to not only investigate the business and marketing practices of medical and health tourism but places these within a broader framework of contemporary globalisation, policy and practice. By doing so it opens up debate of the ethical space in which medical and health tourism operates as well as reinforce the wide ranging perspectives that exist on the subject in both the public and academic imagination. This significant contribution will be of interest to students, academics in tourism and medical policy, trade and economic development fields.

Health Care and Medical Tourism in India and Asian Countries

Author : Ram Kumar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788184842395
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (423 download)

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Download or read book Health Care and Medical Tourism in India and Asian Countries written by Ram Kumar and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Asian nations are facing an unprecedened surge in demand for healthcare products and services. Socio-economic development. Characterized by increasing income and access to modern amenities and services. has led to changes in the population's nutritional and lifestyle habits. Increasing the prevalence of lifestyle-related medical conditions such as obesity. Heart disease and diabetes. This is driving investment in hospitals and medical facilities. And pushing up demand for healthcare services. Innovative drugs and the latest medical technologies. More patients. Especially those from the Middle-East, are moving towards India and other Asian nations. Medical tourists come to India from the SAARC countries as well as from the West Asia and central Asia. A good number of medical tourists also come from US, Canada, Europe and other countries. Many of them are attracted by wellness tourism, Yoga, Ayurveda and spirituality. India has set up several medical cities to improve tertiary healthcare for its citizens as well as medical tourists. The benefits of medical city model of healthcare are immense. The nation needs to set up medical cities all over to improve tertiary care as well as primary care in the country, besides health tourism promotion. These will give a push to medical education and employment generation as well."--Publisher.

Health and Wellness Tourism

Author : Melanie K. Smith
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0750683430
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book Health and Wellness Tourism written by Melanie K. Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health and Wellness Tourism takes an innovative look at this rapidly growing sector of today¿s thriving tourism industry. This book examines the range of motivations that drive this diverse sector of tourists, the products that are being developed to meet their needs and the management implications of these developments. A wide range of international case studies illustrate the multiple aspects of the industry and new and emerging trends including spas, medical wellness, life-coaching, meditation, festivals, pilgrimage and yoga retreats. The authors also evaluate marketing and promotional strategies and assess operational and management issues in the context of health and wellness tourism. This text includes a number of features to reinforce theory for advanced students of hospitality, leisure and tourism and related disciplines.

Medical Tourism in Developing Countries

Author : M. Bookman
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230605656
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Medical Tourism in Developing Countries written by M. Bookman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-08-06 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Western patients are increasingly travelling to developing countries for health care and developing countries are increasingly offering their skills and facilities to paying foreign customers. The potential and implications of this international trade in medical services is explored in this book through analysis of the market.