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What is Health Tourism?

Tourism for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness. tourism (also called medical travel, health tourism or global healthcare) is a term initially coined by travel agencies and the mass media to describe the rapidly-growing practice of travelling across international borders to obtain health care.

Medical

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Factors that led to popularity of health tourism.

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Health Tourism in India

India- A emerging entrant. Annual growth rate is-

25%

The South Indian city of Chennai is considered as

the healthcare capital of India.

Averagely 150,000 medical tourists

till last year.

came to India

The slogan of Health tourism of India is, "First

World treatment at Third World prices".

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Kind of Treatments popular from India

Cardiology and Cardiothoracic surgery Joint replacement Orthopedic surgery Gastroenterology Ophthalmology Transplants Urology
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Why India is Preferable..?

Reduced cost compared to other

countries.

developed

Availability of latest medical technologies. Growing compliance on international quality

standards

Foreigners

doesnt face language barrier in India.

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Cost Comparison..
Nature of Treatment Open heart Surgery Simple Spine surgery Neuro-surgery with Hypothermia INDIA ($) 4,500 2,100 6,500 UK ($) USA ($) 18,000 30,000

6,500

8,000

21,000 20,000

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T H A N K S

SUBHASH HIMANI
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