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Medical Tourism: Revenue Generation or International Transfer of Healthcare Problems?

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  • Ramya Vijaya

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This paper focuses on the relatively new conduit for the transfer of services from the developed to the developing economies - the growing trend of "medical tourism" where patients travel to low-cost developing countries for health procedures. Previous analysis of this trend tends to focus on either the cost savings for the patients or the revenue potential for the host economies. However, viewing the health sector merely in the monetary terms of transnational trade presents contradictions, which call for re-evaluating yet again the limitations of measuring economic progress merely in monetary terms. This article examines these contradictions based on a case study of the medical tourism industry in India. While health tourism is a potential revenue source, it also competes with the domestic health sector and could transfer some of the health care problems of the developed world to the developing world.

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  • Ramya Vijaya, 2010. "Medical Tourism: Revenue Generation or International Transfer of Healthcare Problems?," Journal of Economic Issues, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 44(1), pages 53-70.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:jeciss:v:44:y:2010:i:1:p:53-70
    DOI: 10.2753/JEI0021-3624440103
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    1. Panchapakesan, P., 2013. "Antecedents of customer loyalty in medical tourism," Working Papers Series 2 13-03, ISCTE-IUL, Business Research Unit (BRU-IUL).
    2. Ya-Hui Wang, 2014. "The Demand For Medical Cosmetology: Evidence From China," Global Journal of Business Research, The Institute for Business and Finance Research, vol. 8(4), pages 61-70.
    3. Lina Zhong & Baolin Deng & Alastair M. Morrison & J. Andres Coca-Stefaniak & Liyu Yang, 2021. "Medical, Health and Wellness Tourism Research—A Review of the Literature (1970–2020) and Research Agenda," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(20), pages 1-16, October.
    4. Meghann Ormond, 2015. "En route : Transport and Embodiment in International Medical Travel Journeys Between Indonesia and Malaysia," Mobilities, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 10(2), pages 285-303, April.
    5. Ya-Hui Wang, 2017. "Expectation, Service Quality, Satisfaction, and Behavioral Intention – Evidence from Taiwan’s Medical Tourism Industry," Advances in Management and Applied Economics, SCIENPRESS Ltd, vol. 7(1), pages 1-1.
    6. Jaapar, Mustaffa & Musa, Ghazali & Moghavvemi, Sedigheh & Saub, Roslan, 2017. "Dental tourism: Examining tourist profiles, motivation and satisfaction," Tourism Management, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 538-552.
    7. Beladi, Hamid & Chao, Chi-Chur & Ee, Mong Shan & Hollas, Daniel, 2015. "Medical tourism and health worker migration in developing countries," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 46(C), pages 391-396.

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