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    This document provides an overview of medical tourism. It defines medical tourism as traveling internationally to receive healthcare. Key points include: the evolution of medical tourism since the 1990s; top destinations like India, Singapore, and Brazil for procedures like cosmetic surgery and cardiac care; estimated market size of $20 billion; benefits of lower costs, shorter wait times, and combining treatment with travel; potential risks around quality and lack of insurance; and challenges facing India's growing medical tourism industry like the need for better regulation and infrastructure.

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    Medical Tourism: Presented by Swati Bhardwaj Roll No 53

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    MEDICAL TOURISM

    PRESENTED BY
    SWATI BHARDWAJ
    ROLL NO 53
    OVERVIEW
    What is medical tourism?
    Evolution
    Health care business
    Hot destinations
     Benefits
    Risks
     Medical tourism in India
    Challenges in India
    Conclusion
    WHAT IS MEDICAL TOURISM?

    “Medical tourism refers to


    the growing practice of
    travelling across
    international borders in
    order to get health care or
    medical attention.”
    EVOLUTION OF MEDICAL TOURISM
    Post 2001
    Medical tourism  Cosmetic surgery boom
     Emergence of Thailand and
    India as legitimate medical
    destinations

    Asian Economic Crisis


    1997-2001
    Price is now a factor
    Transition Emergence of alternatives to the
    established players in Asia

    Pre 1997 USA and Europe are centers of the healthcare


    Medical Travel universe
    Singapore the medical hub in Asia
    People travel for high end medical services
    Health care business
    Facts & Figures
     Worlds largest after retailing

     Global healthcare revenue US$ 2.8 trillion


    Medical tourism is a $20 billion industry
     India’s healthcare industry worth US$ 35
    billion; to grow by 13% per annum for next 6
    year

     India’s medical tourism sector is expected to


    experience an annual growth rate of 30%, and
    could become US$2 billion by 2012
    Contd….
     India is rated amongst the world’s “most
    seen top ten destination” by Conde Nast
    (international magazine)
     A study by CII Mckinsey estimates that
    country could earn 5000-10,000 crore by
    2012
     Health procedures across world show 200-
    800% cost difference
    Hot destinations for medical tourism
    COUNTRY PROCEDURE
    BRAZIL COSMETIC SURGERY (FACE &NECK LIFT)

    SINGAPORE STEM CELL &REGENERATIVE THERAPY,


    CANCER TREATMENT

    CENTRAL AMERICA (MEXICO, DENTAL PROCEDURE , PLASTIC SURGERY


    PANAMA, COSTA RICA)
    SOUTH AFRICA COSMETIC SURGERY

    MALAYSIA CARDIC &COSMETIC SURGERY

    SOUTH KOREA COSMETIC SURGERY (EYE LID, NOSEJOBS,


    FACELIFTS &SKIN WHITENING)

    INDIA ORTHOPAEDIC &CARDIAC PROCEDURE


    Benefits of medical tourism
     Affordable cost
     Less waiting time
     Best quality medical treatment
     Pleasure of having travel, adventure and
    fun along with medical treatment
     Big contribution to nation’s GDP
    RISKS
    Ethical issues
    •Illegal purchase of organs and tissues
    •Deepening inequalities among the health care system
    •More focused on foreigners
    Legal issues
    •Patients might not be covered with adequate
    personal insurance
    Risk of personal care
    •Post operative care
    Medical tourism in India
    Most common treatments are heart surgery, knee
    transplant, cosmetic surgery and dental care.

    The reason India is a favorable destination is


    because of it's infrastructure and technology in
    which is in par with those in USA, UK and Europe.

     India has some of the best hospitals and


    treatment centers in the world with the best
    facilities.
    Since it is also one of the most favorable
    tourist destinations in the world,

    Medication combines with tourism has


    come into effect, from which the concept of
    Medical Tourism is derived.
    PATIENTS FLOW IN INDIA FROM ACROSS THE
    WORLD
    USA, AUSTRALIA,
    NEWZEALAND
    Major destination
    UK ,CANADA
    in India
    MIDDLE SOUTH EAST MUMBAI
    EAST ASIA BANGALORE
    HYDERABAD
    EAST AFRICA CHENNAI
    KOLKATA
    SAARC & Neighboring countries DELHI
    JAIPUR
     MAJOR INSTITUTES OF HEALTH CARE IN INDIA
     Escorts Heart Institute and Research centre ,New Delhi
     AIMS New Delhi
     Manipal heart foundation , Bangalore
     Wockhardt hospitals
     BM Birla Heart research Centre , Kolkata
     Christian Medical College, Vellore
     PD Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre,
    Mumbai ,
     Apollo Hospital, Delhi
     Apollo Cancer Hospital, Chennai
     Escorts Hospital Jaipur
     Breach candy hospital , Mumbai
    What makes India popular destination

    low cost of treatment, which is just 1/10th of th


    cost of western industries.
    e.g. heart surgery costs $8000 in India against
    $3000 in US
    Immediate attention to patients, no need to w
    in long queue as compared to their native count
    Offers the best treatment in modern medicine
    well as alternative medicines like homeopathy,
    naturopathy, ayurveda, yoga
    India’s private hospitals have gained international
    recognition for their world’s class facilities
    Foreign patients can get package deals including
    flights, transfer hotels, treatments & post operative
    vacation for their medical visits to India.
    Challenges before Indian medical
    tourism
    No strong government support/ initiative to promote
    medical tourism hotels and hospitals.
    Customer perception as an unhygienic country.
    Lack of proper accreditation and regulatory system for
    hospitals
    Lack of uniform pricing policies across hospital
    Strong competition from countries like Thailand,
    Malaysia and Singapore.
    Lack of international accreditation
    Overseas medical care not covered by insurance
    providers
    Under-investment in health infrastructure
    VIDEO
    Conclusionconclusion
    Health care moving from local delivered

    services to global delivered service

    Increased employment in health care

    sector as well as in tourism industry

    It has it’s contribution in country’s G.D.P


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    THANK YOU

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