A Study on Economic Feasibility of Medical Tourism in Apollo Hospitals, Chennai

Abstract

India today has copious opportunities to compete with developed nations and build a quality healthcare system of its own. Medical tourism can be broadly defined as provision of ‘cost effective’ private medical care in collaboration with the tourism industry for patients needing surgical and other forms of specialized treatment. This process is being facilitated by the corporate sector involved in medical care as well as the tourism industry - both private and public.