Medical Tourism in Developing Countries

IndexThe letter “t” following a page number denotes a tableAaccreditationdefined 147–48in destination countries 147–49,149tin India 213n25acupuncture 132–33advertising 62–63advisory agencies 89–91advocacy, for underprivileged 89Africa, traditional healing in 132Agpaoa, Tony 65, 71Agreement on Technical Barriers toTrade 90, 140Agreement on the Application of Sanitaryand Phytosanitary Measures 140agricultural sector 25Alma Ata Declaration 89, 179alternative therapies 55, 131–33destinations for 59–60See also traditional healingApollo Hospitals 75, 77, 130accreditation of 149tcardiac surgery in 147clinical trials in 144expansion by 86funding sources 85partnerships of 83, 86patients’ countries of origin 59services provided by 78telemedicine and 79See also IndiaArabMedicare.com 61Argentinaagricultural sector in 15border medicine in 49currency fluctuation in 98economic ranking of 15health indicators in 171tinternational standards and 148research and development in 2telemedicine in 178tourist appeal of 134Asian traditional healing 132ayurveda 132Bbaby boomershealth expenditures for 6as medical tourists 54Baltic states 2Banga, Rashmi 145banking system, developed 118 –19,118tBarro, Robert 136Becker, Gary 161Bhagwati, Jagdish 96Bill and Melinda GatesFoundation 84Bloom, David 174Blue Cross/Blue Shield, coverageby 153body parts. See organsBorocz, Jozsef 34