The results of the Medical Tourism survey reveals that improvement in the Indian health image would be the biggest gain (84%) with an increase in medical tourism. Nearly the same number felt that it would also lead to improvement in health care.  However, less than half (50%) felt tha…

Limited health budgets are a serious problem in many developing countries. Innovative ways to raise funds for the provision of health services, for example, through health care insurance, have a high priority.  Health care insurance for rural households shields such patients from unexpected high costs of care. However, there are ques…

A resident of USA traveling to India for getting cosmetic surgery at a fraction of the cost that he may have paid in USA is just one example of what medical tourism is. Medical Tourism is an emergent concept worldwide where people travel to another country for medical treatment at much lower prices for various reasons.  Getting treat…