Table of contents 1.0 Introduction 2 1.1 Medical Tourism 2 2.0 Aims 3 2.1 Objectives 3 2.2 Scope of the study 3 3.0 Research Methodology 3 3.1 Data Collection 5 3.1.1 Primary Data 5 3.1.2 Secondary Data 5 4.0 References: 6 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Medical Tourism Medical Tourism refers to movement of consumers to the country providing the service for diagnosis and treatment. The size of this market is estimated to be $40 billion based on a Saudi Report in 2000. During the
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What is Medical Tourism ? Medical tourism can be broadly defined as provision of ’cost effective’ private medical care in collaboration with the tourism industry for patients needing surgical and other forms of specialized treatment. This process is being facilitated by the corporate sector involved in medical care as well as the tourism industry - both private and public. Medical or Health tourism has become a common form of vacationing‚ and covers a broad spectrum of medical services. It mixes
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EVS Medical tourism (MT) is defined as patient movement from highly developed nations to less developed areas of the world for medical care by bypassing services offered in their own communities. Medical tourism is different from the traditional model of international medical travel where patients generally journey from less developed nations to major medical centers in highly developed countries for medical treatment that is unavailable in their own communities.[1][2] While the general definition
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What used to be rare is now commonplace: traveling abroad to receive medical treatment‚ and to a developing country at that.So-called medical tourism is on the rise for everything from cardiac care to plastic surgery to hip and knee replacements. As a recent Harvard Business School case study describes‚ the globalization of health care also provides a fascinating angle on globalization generally and is of great interest to corporate strategists. "Apollo Hospitals—First-World Health Care at Emerging-Market
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Medical Tourism in Goa Tina D’costa TYBBA MES college of Arts‚ Commerce & Management studies Medical Tourism The seven wonders of the world are all too well known. However one can’t help but marvel at other developments‚ that have developed magnificently over the years. These unsung heroes are the ones that carry Indias legacy forward. India in a developing country‚ but we do not wish to limit ourselves to the meaning of the word that entails ‘developing’. If one takes
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MEDICAL TOURISM IN PHILIPPINES INDEX About Philippines…………………………………………………………… 3 Introduction ………………………………………………………….. 3 Geography ……………………………………………………………. 3 Climate………………………………………………………….............4 Population ……………………………………………………………...4 Language ……………………………………………………………….4 Currency………………………………………………………………...4 Religion…………………………………………………………………4 Culture and Society……………………………………………………..4 Tourism in Philippines ………………………………………………………
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A Report on MEDICAL TOURISM A Services Marketing Assignment The Task: We‚ Group no. 2‚ had been allotted “HEALTH” as our sector to be worked upon. We for ease of understanding and division and allocation of work‚ sat down together as a team‚ and identified certain areas which we needed to cover and hence‚ each sub sector that was decided to be covered was allocated to each member of the group. My sub-Sector: I was allotted “MEDICAL TOURISM” as my sub sector‚ which I needed to research
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Questionnaire on Medical Tourism Name:…………………………………………………………………………………… Contact-Number/Email:………………………………………………………………… Gender: - □ Male □ Female Age: - □14-20 □20-30 □30-40 □40-50 □Above 50 Profession: - □Business Man □Service Holder □Student □Others Your Monthly Income: - □15‚000-40‚000 □40‚000-60‚000 □60‚000 - 80‚000 □80‚000 – 1‚ 00‚000 □Above 1‚ 00‚000 Places of residence: - □ Urban Areas □ Rural Areas 1. In which country have you gone for medical treatment? □India
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4.2 SWOT Analysis SWOT is strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities and threats. According to Chapman 2007‚ the co-founder of SWOT is Albert Humphrey in the early 1960-70’s who is believed to developed a tactics map out tools from an outstanding companies at America during that time. SWOT analysis mean information obtained from the market situation assessment can be effectively organized through SWOT analysis. Strengths and weaknesses represent internal assessments of the firm’s current capabilities
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Distinction between Growth and Development Growth is not the same as development. Growth‚ measured in terms of an increase in GDP is a quantitative measure. Real GDP per capita figures are an inadequate means of making comparisons both within countries and between countries. Limitations of GDP as a measure to compare welfare between countries: * The ‘shadow’ economy often means that GDP calculations are an underestimation of actual GDP. In Nigeria it is estimated that the ‘shadow’ economy
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