“MEDICAL TOURISM: INDIA’s EMERGENCE AS A PRIME PLAYER”

AUTHOR – DHANUSH.K, STUDENT AT SAVEETHA SCHOOL OF LAW, SAVEETHA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND TECHNICAL SCIENCES, (SIMATS), CHENNAI-77

BEST CITATION – DHANUSH.K, “MEDICAL TOURISM: INDIA’s EMERGENCE AS A PRIME PLAYER”, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 4 (4) OF 2024, PG. 174-181, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.

ABSTRACT

Medical tourism is a growing sector in the healthcare industry. Due to globalisation and the development of technology, foreigners are willing to travel to other nations and obtain medical treatment for the fraction of the price that it would originally cost in their country. Although medical tourism isn’t a recent phenomenon it has existed during the Greek and Roman empire’s peak. The aim of this paper is to understand India’s role in medical tourism, its reason for popularity and its significance as an important destination. For the purpose of this study, descriptive research is used to accurately portray the public opinion on the importance and significance of medical tourism. Convenient sampling method is used to collect the samples. Independent variables are age,gender and occupation. Dependent variables are ‘India as a destination for medical tourism’, ‘India a major hub’ and ‘benefits of medical tourism’.

Keywords: Medical, Tourism, health, healthcare, globalisation, Treatment