KMHC404

Medical Tourism

L-T-P3-0-0 Credits3 Session2023-24 TypeTheory
Appears in 1 semester

MBA Health Care & Hospital Management · Sem 4 (Core)

Syllabus

5 units · 40 lecture hours
Unit1

Unit 1: Introduction

8 hrs

Meaning, Nature and Scope of Medical Tourism (MT), Role of Medical Tourism Industries in the Health care Industries in India, Stack holders in the Medical Tourism, List the top countries offering Medical Tourism, Emerging Hub in the Medical Tourism Industries, Important destination for Medical Tourism in India, Future growth of Medical Tourism Industries in India.

Unit2

Unit 2: Determinants of Medical Tourism

8 hrs

Reasons for opt Medical Tourism by patients, Factors affecting MT, System Model of Medical Tourism, Conceptual Model of MT, Medical policies of Host Country towards MT, Cost and Service Quality , Host country Competitiveness on medical facilities .

Unit3

Unit 3: Medical Visa, Regulatory laws & Ethical issues

8 hrs

Issue of Medical Visa: Procedure, Conversion of other visa into Medical Visa, Medical Mal Practices Laws in India: Consumer Protections Act, Filing a case under CPA, Compensation under CPA, Remittance compensation abroad, and Criminal Negligence of Doctor in Medical Tourism, NormsofW.H.O

Unit4

Unit 4: Claim Settlements

8 hrs

Investigative procedures to raise bills in medico tourism settlements-document processing, visa processing, tourists' database management, maintenance of diagnostic case history records, claims processing, insurance policies in India and settlement procedures

Unit5

Unit 5: Myth and Types of Medical Tourism

8 hrs

Myth around Medial Tourism, Challenges Faced by Medical Tourism Industries, Future of Medical Tourism Industries, Types of Medical Tourism, India as Most preferred Destination for Medical Tourism .

Course Objectives4 points
  • Toelaborateonthe scopeandcontentsofMedicalTourism.
  • Determinants0f Medical Tourism
  • ToelaboratelydiscussonIndiaas now a preferred destination for Medical Tourism
  • Tobrieflycoverthe benefits of Medical Tourism.

Suggested Readings

  1. BonifaceB.andCooperC.theGeographyofTravelandTourism(London,England,HeinemannProfessional Publishing.1987).
  2. BurtonRosermary:theGeographyofTravelandTourism(London).
  3. RohinsonH.|A.A.GeographyofTourism(MacdonaledandEvans,London).
  4. TheGeographyofIndia-GopalSingh-Delhi(1988).
  5. DubeyandNegi-EconomicGeographyDelhi(1988).
  6. R.M.Desai-Strategyoffoodandagriculture-Bombay(1988).
  7. NegiB.S.-RuralGeographyDelhiKeelavnataRamNath.
  8. SinghR.L.-RegionalGeographyofIndia(1985).

Official AKTU syllabus

This subject is on page 24 of the original AKTU PDF.

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