Medical Tourism in Developing Countries

232 ● Indexbrain drain/gain 105–9, 176by country 107tfrom India 6perceptions of 107, 107tBrazilalternative medicine in 132investment by 86plastic surgery in 75prices in 99Brundlandt, Gro Harlem 79–80Bumrungrad Hospitalaccreditation of 149tas grande dame of medicaltourism 75marketing by 62–63medical tourism tie-ins and 91Middle East patients at 57Philippine investment by 86plastic surgery at 59prices of 50suit against 158visa extension center of 159website for 62See also ThailandBUPA, coverage by 153Bush, George W., 161business competitiveness index 126,127tCCalvert, Peter 66Canada, health insurance in 152Canning, David 174capitalaccumulation of 31–32defined 32human. See human capitalinvestment, in tourism versusmedical tourism 77physical 77capitalismeconomic growth and 126indicators of 126See also market economicscapitalist economics, liberalizationof 127–28cell phone networks, cost of 116Central/South America, accreditedhospitals in 148charities, health-related 88–89Chileair transport in 118alternative medicine in 132border medicine in 49capital accumulation in 77diagnostic methods in 52distance to 58dual health-care system in 75ease of doing business in 128economic growth in 126health indicators in 171t, 172health insurance in 172, 220n31insurance portability in 153,215n49international standards and 148liberalization reforms in 128–29medical tourism incentives in 137medical tourism tie-ins and 91price of services in 50public health financing in 180public sector in 71public/private cooperation in 82R&D in 112specializations in 59tourist appeal of 134Chinaalternative medicine in 132–33border medicine in 58educated labor in 99emerging economy of 15language disadvantage in 104–5liberalization in 129negative publicity for 60public health 67–68tourism in 93visiting friends and family tourismand 56 –57Chinese medicine 132–33