scholarly journals Review of Adoption of Disruptive Innovative Practices in Medical Tourism in India

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 112
Author(s):  
Nityanand Sharma ◽  
A. K. Jain ◽  
P. K. Gupta ◽  
Samidha D. Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Surgical Techniques ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Total Size ◽  
Indian Medical ◽  
Early Adoption ◽  
Healthcare Technologies

The Indian Medical Tourism Industry is significantly adding nearly 3% to the total size of healthcare sector of India. Surgical techniques and healthcare technologies have undergone revolutionary changes in past four decades giving way to early adoption of disruptive innovative practices by the quality conscious and low cost medical tourism industry in India. This secondary data based research paper aims at examining the adoption and use of Disruptive Innovative Practices in Medical Tourism Industry in India. It was concluded that Medical Tourism Industry in India is not only suitable but most probable to adopt and use the Disruptive Innovative Practices. The implication of the paper would be the encouragement of further research on disruptive innovative Practices in Medical care in India.

scholarly journals Medical Tourism in India

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S10) ◽  
pp. 695-698
Keyword(s):  
Medical Service ◽  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Annual Growth ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Indian Government ◽  
Foreign Exchange Earning

In the recent era medical tourism has certain significance place in the tourism industry, In India now famous for low cost medical service with high quality medical treatment. The countries where medical tourism is being actively promoted include Greece, South Africa, Jordan, India, Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore. Recently, Indian healthcare sector shows huge advancements in fields such as technology, infrastructure, and manpower, catapulting India as one of the preferred medical destinations in the world and invariably paving path to an entirely new sector, the medical tourism industry. The medical tourism in India will touch the $8 billion mark by the end of 2020, the influx of the population that experiences a saving of close to 50 to 70 percent on medical tourism industry. Cost effectiveness is a major factor in India, because a patient can undergo any type of treatment at an extremely affordable cost without compromising the quality and other reason is of course the availability of medical visa without any hassle. The Indian government predicts that, India $17-billion-a-year healthcare industry could grow 13 per cent in each of the next six years, boosted by medical tourism, which industry watchers say is growing at 30 per cent annually. This study has been focused by the fully by secondary data, which are collected from the Indian tourism department, and also it analyze the growth percentage in Past years, it will be more helpful to medical service providers. Mainly this study’s objective was examining the foreign exchange earning option through medical tourism and analysis of annual growth of foreign tourist in India. It proves that the annual growth an efficiency of handling capacity of Indian medical the medical industry

scholarly journals Low Cost, Quality Treatment and Excellent Hospitality Makes India the Best Destination for Medical Tourism

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Ruchi Garg ◽  
Rahul Batra ◽  
Anirudh Banerji
Keyword(s):  
Medical Care ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Specialized Treatment ◽  
Catchment Areas

Background: Medical Tourism can be defined as the provision of cost effective private medical care in collaboration with the tourism industry for patients needing surgical and other forms of specialized treatment. India stands and leads in the field of medical tourism. This sector has grown rapidly in last few years and have been known by number of countries for its sudden advancement in the field of healthcare, although India is still competing with neighbouring countries which already have a good hold of this market. India offers trained workforce and culture diversity as well as experienced doctors who have names in the list of Padma-Shri awardees in honour of their excellence in the field of health. Methods: The study was conducted in a Super Speciality Hospital in Gurugram for two months, being retrospective and descriptive in nature. Secondary data was taken for the month of January 2018 to March2018 and data for Apriland May 2018 was recorded during the study, a group of 50 patients, selected randomly, were asked for their feedback to know the strengths of medical tourism as well as for the improvement in the hospital. Results: This paper focuses on the process of medical tourism followed in India and the flow of medical tourists traveling to India for their treatment from various countries as well the catchment areas of patient coming to a Super Speciality Hospital in Gurugram. Conclusions: The paper concludes the strengths of developing country like India which attracts a large number of medical tourists from various regions.

scholarly journals Dental Tourism Development in India: An Emopirical Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-83
Author(s):  
Binoy T A ◽  
Monisha A
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Dental Treatment ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Economic Downturn ◽  
Indian Medical

Medical Tourism in India has emerged as one of the fastest growing segments of the tourism industry despite the global economic downturn.  High cost of treatments in the developed counties, particularly the USA and UK, have been forcing patients from such regions to look for alternative and cost-effective destinations to get their treatments done. The Indian medical tourism industry is presently at a nascent stage, but has enormous potential for future growth and development.  As a significant component of the colossal medical tourism,   Dental Tourism is emerging in the Third World countries, especially in India.  Dental tourists are mainly generated from developed countries such as USA and European countries as theya re looking for developing countries to get their dental treatment coupled with participating in tourism activities.  The lower cost of treatment and availability are the most significant reasons for choosing developing countries as dental tourism destinations.  Dental tourism forms 10 percent of the total Indian medical tourism which is projected to grow at 30 percent to Rs 9,500 crore by 2015.  India produces over 18,000 dentists annually from 238 dental colleges.  The country has around 1,500 oral and maxillofacial surgeons.  A few studies were carried out on various problems faced by the dental tourism industry in India.  The dental  tourist’s perception towards Indian dental tourism industry and their satisfaction level after getting treatment are a few concerns.  This research paper is prepared based on primary and secondary data collected from various sources.  The primary data have been collected from dentists, staff and dental tourists from two famous internationally recognised dental hospitals located in Bangalore, Karnataka.

scholarly journals An Assessment of Competitive Factors in Medical Tourism

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-21
Author(s):  
Seyda Dundar Ege ◽  
Yeter Demir Uslu
Keyword(s):  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Quality Care ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Medical Treatments ◽  
Research Opportunity ◽  
The Subject ◽  
New Research ◽  
Waiting Periods ◽  
To Receive

Increasing globalization of the healthcare sector indicates that there are new opportunities for emerging markets to take a bigger share from the whole healthcare industry. This is realized in the form of medical tourism where people prefer to travel to different destinations to receive medical treatments and services. Medical tourists prefer to travel for several reasons like low cost, high quality care or shorter waiting periods. The industry is growing rapidly and the annual expenditure is estimated to be around US$ 30 billion at the end of 2019. The challenging amount of expenditure whets the appetite of the countries and competitiveness becomes crucial to take more market share in this respect. Therefore the factors that build up competitiveness is identified and assessed thoroughly. This paper makes a literature review on the subject and recommends a New research opportunity for Turkey in this field.

scholarly journals Management Practices in Hospital Administration: a study of the Challenges Faced by the Healthcare Organisation in South India

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Bindi Varghese
Keyword(s):  
Medical Care ◽  
South India ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Healthcare Organisation ◽  
Hospital Administration ◽  
Total Quality

This paper accentuates the need for quality assurance and standardization norms for hospital administration which is the need of the hour.  Lack of effective administration practices in the hospital and hospitality sector necessitate the need for a total quality management approach in the Healthcare Sector.  Application of quality control systems is a vital aspect that hospitals in South India cannot disregard. It would lead the South in a new direction by ensuring quality and enhancing customer satisfaction.  Hence, this paper makes an attempt to understand the hospital management practices in South India effectively.  The research addresses Medical Tourism as a ‘cost effective’ private medical care initiative in collaboration with the tourism industry for patients needing surgical and other forms of specialised treatment.  This process is being facilitated by the corporate sector involved in medical care as well as the tourism industry – both private and public.  There is also a constant effort taken by corporate hospitals to support medical tourism to its fullest potential.  India today has copious opportunities to compete with other developed nations and building a quality health care system of its own.

Indian Medical Tourism Industry Basics and Its Competitive Positioning

2021 ◽  
pp. 43-73
Author(s):  
Nadeem Ahmed Bashir ◽  
Premkumar Balaraman ◽  
Aroop Mukherjee
Keyword(s):  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Medical Assistance ◽  
Competitive Position ◽  
Indian Medical ◽  
To Receive

Medical tourism (MT) may be described as a journey outside the country of residence to receive medical assistance. It must be taken into account that specialized healthcare involves the participation of specialists in the field of medicine such as surgeons, who differentiate medical tourism from wellness and spa tourism. There can be two main forms of medical tourism: surgical and therapeutic. The chapter mainly aims to understand the fundamentals of medical tourism in perspective to focused on its definition, categories, growing trends, drivers, challenges, and quality standards. The specific case of the Indian medical tourism industry and its competitive position is also being discussed in this chapter.

Modelling the factors affecting Indian medical tourism sector using interpretive structural modeling

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 1461-1479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vineet Jain ◽  
Puneeta Ajmera
Keyword(s):  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Structural Modeling ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Medical Procedures ◽  
Tourism Destination ◽  
Interpretive Structural Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Indian Medical ◽  
Tourism Sector

Purpose Medical tourism encourages the traveling of patients, expert healthcare professionals and promotes cross-border trade in healthcare services. The Indian medical tourism sector is facing new challenges as well as certain ethical and legal issues because of continuous market changes and patient’s requirements while at the same time advancements in current health services have also been observed. It is therefore very important to understand and address the issues of the medical tourists. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the important factors which can make India an affordable medical tourism destination. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, the factors influencing Indian medical tourism sector have been explored by conducting literature review, they are ranked according to the results of a questionnaire-based survey and further analyzed by using the interpretive structural modeling (ISM) approach. The mutual relationships between these factors were identified to develop an ISM model so as to find out the important factors which can make India an affordable place for medical tourism. Findings The results of the survey and the model show that cost of medical procedures, facilitation, and care, the infrastructure of Indian hospitals, clinical excellence and the competence of doctors and staff are the top level factors. Practical implications It is very important to address the concerns of the patients coming to a developing country like India for availing medical services. This research has evaluated the important factors which can make India an affordable medical tourism destination. Originality/value This research assesses the effects of globalization on delivery of healthcare services in India by conducting critical analysis of the medical tourism industry by collecting original data from the international patients coming to India for different types of medical procedures so that a comprehensive model can be prepared which will help the hospitals and policymakers to improve the processes related to medical tourism.

scholarly journals Exploring the development of medical tourism industry in Southeast Asia region

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 28-32
Author(s):  
Suseela Devi Chandran ◽  
Fadilah Puteh ◽  
Nur Alia Azmi ◽  
Norazah Mohd Suki
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Niche Markets ◽  
Private Hospitals ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Medical Healthcare

Medical tourism is a global phenomenon in many parts of the world. It features an activity where individuals travel from home country to the host country to seek or receive medical healthcare. Being the third largest sector, medical tourism has a significant contribution towards economic development in the Southeast Asia (SEA) region. However, the literature review depicts a scarcity of research on niche areas among the top player in this region. This study aims to explore the development of the medical tourism industry in the SEA region. An in-depth interview with stakeholders and private hospitals were conducted and analyzed using thematic analysis coupled with document analysis from various secondary data. Four SEA regions were chosen namely Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore which offer specific niche markets to promote the medical tourism industry. Interestingly, these countries are complementing and not competing with each other in the same industry. This study is vital in enriching the literature in the field of medical tourism in showcasing the niche market of medical tourism in the SEA region. This study also contributes greatly to comparative analysis between these countries in the medical tourism sector. 

SWOT Analysis of Indian Medical Tourism Industry

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-300
Author(s):  
Mahesh Uniyal ◽  
◽  
Dr Rakesh Kumar Dhodi ◽  
Dr Rashmi Dhodi ◽  
Swati Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Indian Medical

scholarly journals Prospects of Developing Medical Tourism in India

2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-73
Author(s):  
Binoy T A
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Treatment ◽  
Medical Tourism ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Medical Systems

Medical tourism is one of the recently developed and rapid growing tourism activities of the World, especially in India. "Medical Tourism can be generally defined as the movement of people for the purpose of getting cost effective personal health care in association with the tourism industry for patients needing surgical health care and other forms of dedicated treatment." Recent days several Indian state governments have realized the potential of medical tourism and have been actively promoting it Visitors, especially from the West and the Middle East find Indian hospitals a very affordable and viable option to grdppling with insurance and National medical systems in their native lands and combine their treatments with a visit to the 'exotic east' with their families.Quality medical treatment at low cost, coupled with great traveling experience is possibly the perfect way to recover from any medical ailment. An inexpensive vacation package combined with a low cost medical treatment has led to the evolution of a new but rapidly growing industry called medical tourism. This process is being facilitated by M1 the corporate sector concerned in heath care as well as the tourism industry including tour operators, hospital administrators, travel agents, airlines, hotels and government tourism organizations. Medical or health treatment package tourism has become a persistent form of engaging the vacation in a different way by inculcating leisure with treatment and covers a broad range of health, medical and dental services. Medical tourism is organized in such a manner that leisure time inculcate with enjoyment and recreation together with wellness and health care packages in a country other than the place of residence. Health and Medical Tourism is perceived as one of the fastest growing segments in marketing 'Destination India' today. The Ministry of Tourism, airlines, tour operators, insurance companies, tourism sector and healthcare providers can make India as a dream destination for medical Tourism through an orchestrated effort. Government and private organizations that are playing a vital role in the development of tourism in India should orchestrate their developmental efforts to take advantage of the enormous potential of Medical and Dental tourism through ensuring international standard treatment to the patients and envisage a coordinated marketing and promotional strategies enough to overcome the Asian competitors.

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