Medical Tourism in Developing Countries

238 ● IndexJJohanson, Misty 44, 93Johns Hopkins University, hospitalbranches of 83Joint Commission International 62,148institutions accredited by 149tJoint Commission on Accreditation ofHealthcare Organizations 148Jordan 3accredited hospitals in 148alternative medicine in 132cancer treatment in 65economic ranking of 14foreign investment in 86health indicators in 171thealth insurance in 152hospital links in 83–84infrastructure in 112, 113international standards and 148JCI accredited institutions in 149tas medical center of Arab world 58medical tourism incentives in 137medical tourism marketingstrategies 62Mövenpick Resort and Spa in 59Muslim patients and 57R&D in 110specializations in 59tourism in 201n40tourist appeal of 134–35KKaplan, Robert 23Kennedy, Paul 18Kennett, David 122, 123Khi Kin Yim [au: Chi in notes], 187n1Kornai, Janos 182Kuznets, Simon 25Llabor forceeducated 99–100quality and quantity of 100 –102labor market, dual 101language fluency, in destinationcountries 104–5Lasik eye surgery 50increased job opportunitiesand 167, 218n104Lea, John 24, 35leakages 35Lebanon, physician training in 151,214n40legal issues, economic developmentand 11legal recourse, absence of, as obstacle tomedical tourism 156–58legal system 121–25lending institutionsinternational 87–88see also banking systemLess Developed Countrieseconomic relations with MDCs 33structural transformations in 26See also destination countries;developing countriesLevine, Ruth 68, 170Lewis, Arthur 32liberalization 15–16, 95,127–31Chinese public health and 67– 68health and 128in India 130–31trade and 128–30licensing 149–51life expectancy, lengthened 171lifestyle, economic developmentand 173lifestyle medical tourism 44, 53–55,131Lipson, Debra 176Lipton, Michael 172literacy rate, in destinationcountries 102–3local population, versus internationalpatients 176lower-middle income economies 14