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Gurgaon is India's largest Medical Tourism hub, [102] followed by Chennai, which is regarded as "India's Health City" as it attracts 45% of health tourists visiting India and 40% of domestic health tourists. India's medical tourism sector was expected to experience an annual growth rate of 30% from 2012, making it a $2 billion industry by 2015.
Getty Images Medical tourism is nothing new: For years, ailing Americans have been traveling around the world to get lower rates on hundreds of medical procedures, from hip replacements to root ...
The International Medical Travel Journal was established in 2007 with a focus on medical tourism. It publishes a biweekly newsletter. [1] Keith Pollard is the Editor in Chief. [2] It runs annual Medical Travel Awards. [3]
Medical tourism is nothing new: For years, media outlets, including this one, have been reporting on the benefits of going to other countries for expensive medical procedures. But sometimes, cheap ...
Fertility tourism (also referred to as reproductive tourism or cross border reproductive care) [1] [2] [3] is the practice of traveling to another country or jurisdiction for fertility treatment, [4] and may be regarded as a form of medical tourism. [5]
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The travel and tourism industries in the United States were among the first economic sectors negatively affected by the September 11 attacks. In the U.S., tourism is among the three largest employers in 29 states, employing 7.3 million in 2004, to take care of 1.19 billion trips tourists took in the U.S. in 2005.
Toby Fischer lives in South Dakota, where just 27 doctors are certified to prescribe buprenorphine -- a medication that blunts the symptoms of withdrawal from heroin and opioid painkillers. A Huffington Post analysis of government data found nearly half of all counties in America don't have such a certified physician. So every month, Fischer and his mother drive to Colorado to pick up their ...