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Obama Remark Over Medical Tourism Has become controversial

Posted on 27. Apr, 2011 by admin.

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“My preference would be that you don’t have to travel to Mexico or India for cheap healthcare.. I’d like you to be able to get it right here in the United States of America that’s high quality.”(Obama) Matthew Yglesias flags a Hindustan Times item, noting President Obama’s response to a townhall question on why U.S. [...]

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Analysis of: India Does Not Represent Cheap Healthcare

Posted on 27. Apr, 2011 by admin.

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Analysis by: GLG Expert Contributor Published at: www.deccanherald.com Summary Famed Indian surgeon claims “India does not represent cheap health care.” But such discussions on cost differentials in medical tourism don’t reflect the political hellfire of offshoring Medicare patients. We believe political influence and hospital companies like Tenet Healthcare Corporation and Universal Health Services, Inc. will [...]

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Driving forces of Medical Tourism

Posted on 27. Mar, 2010 by Ashok Kumar Panda.

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What are the driving forces of medical tourism. Then we say large chunk of uninsured people , those who are insured again looking for services which are not covered under insurance, long waiting list. New points could be added and then each of the reasons listed can be brain stormed, if some data available along with sources be given here. And [...]

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Financial performance of Hospitals and its effect on medical tourism.

Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Ashok Kumar Panda.

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The hospitals leading the providers troop catering to Medical tourism are located in countries which are on the development spree. Intrinsic factors : Hospitals located in densely populated metro cities or tier one cities Infrastructural development rate for the above kind of cities is quite high, land cost is comparable to average cost of land [...]