Emerging Medical Tourism in India

India passes 1.2% of its GDP on health, but takes care of the foreign patients - the country lines up in the second place in medical tourism. In 2007, the Indian hospitals looked after 4.5 patients of lac of other countries against lac impressing of Thailand 's 12.

A research on medical tourism in india indicated 's always be a contribution of the patients the adjoining countries and Occidental Asia, but maintaining 'rise significant in SA of the patients of the USA, RU and Europe.

The cheaper treatment is an enormous attraction and, during the recession, that 'makes of large SA. But of other factors, also, contributed to the growth of medical tourism in India. Clinical and ancillary medical Talent Indian is appreciated overall and with the accreditation of JCI of some hospitals, the international standard is proven. The third intervention by the medical insurance disease also gave him a dash. Thailand, which revolutionized medical tourism, is more in the cosmetic surgery; India concentrates on cardiac problems, neurological or orthopedic.

Another significant factor is long list of patient waiting, particularly RU and in Europe. The expenditure per capita of health care in Korea east $720 against India the 's $94. The cost of treatment is lowest in India - 20% of the average costs engaged in the USA; in Singapore, in him, Thailand and South Africa 's 30% of the cost of the USA.

Medical tourism has the potential of the Indian sector of health care to the world which has dreaded India for the incidence of the AIDS, tuberculosis, cancer, the malaria and the diabetes.