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Can you advise on the legal aspects of medical tourism?
I am not a lawyer so cannot provide the answers that you need. You need to consult an Indian lawyer who understands the complexities of both international law and of liability in healthcare. The legal issues surrounding medical tourism are complex. e.g. If you are a medical tourism agency, and...
Manpower strategies in medical tourism
Not quite sure what exactly the question is. The medical tourism business is not yet big enough, or developed enough for people to start thinking about manpower strategies. It's a relatively niche market. Any manpower issues would be dealt with in a similar to the approach in other healthcare...
MBA course in Medical Tourism
We suggest that you contact Robert Gerl who is developing an MBA programme in health and medical tourism. Robert is the coordinator and co-founder of the European joint-educational MBA programme on health & medical tourism, cross-border healthcare & health destination management at the...
Medical tourism statistics
The straightforward answer is no! There is very little reliable data anywhere on the number of patients who travel overseas for treatment. And when it comes down to an accurate breakdown of what they actually go for, then there is even less. In the UK, Treatment Abroad has conducted research into...
Statistics on medical tourism and medical travel
There have been various attempts to gather data on medical travel and medical tourism numbers. The problem is that it's not very easy and many have got it badly wrong through not understanding the market, or by counting the wrong thing. There are also various inflated medical tourism numbers and...
What are the 40 international medical hub cities?
These articles were written before our ownership of IMTJ, so it's difficult to say. It sounds like the "media speak" of medical tourism conference speeches and industry associations. Somone somewhere in the industry invents the phrase "medical hub" or "medical city". ...
Estimates of the size of market of foreign expatriates in medical tourism
We don’t and you will struggle to find this information anywhere, I’m afraid. Ian Youngman’s report “Medical Tourism Facts And Figures 2010” does provide some insight into this, but hard numbers are not easy to find.