Global Medical Tourism

Abstract

Medical tourism is related to the travel of patients from one country to another in order to obtain medical treatment in that country. There are several countries worldwide promoting medical tourism and attracting patients. Most of the developing nations attract the patients because of cost benefits whereas the developed nations attract patients who require complex surgeries or any kind of advanced medical treatment. The main aim of this research paper is to focus on the development of medical tourism industry, worldwide. Medical Tourism industry throughout the world is growing at a fast rate. It has huge potential for generating employment and earning large amount of foreign exchange. This will help in the country's overall economic development. Medical tourism incorporates multi-dimensional activity but basically it is a service industry. Hence, medical tourism is a vital revenue earning source especially for the developing nations. Hence, it can be said that it is a win situation for both the patients as well as the destination countries.

Characterization, Antimicrobial and Antioxidant evaluation of biofabricated silver nanoparticles from endophytic Pantoea anthophila

“…10) showed a sharp absorption peak between 3-4keV that is typical to the presence of metallic AgNPs along with iron. The weight of silver was found to be 41.77 %, thus con rms Pa-AgNPs was successfully biosynthesized from endophytic bacterial extracts [31,42].…”

“…The smaller particles may aggregate to give the large-size appearance of nanoparticles [41]. The large particle size depicted in SEM compared to DLS, XRD and TEM may be due to the difference in sample preparation and the presence of various forces of interaction in the solution [42,43]. The EDX pro le (Fig.…”

Characterization, Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Evaluation of Biofabricated Silver Nanoparticles from Endophytic Pantoea anthophila

“…10 ) showed a sharp absorption peak between 3–4 keV that is typical of the presence of metallic AgNPs. The additional peak for Fe were also observed that may be due to the trapping of proteins and other metabolites from the bacterial extract on AgNPs [ 35 , 55 ]. The weight of silver was found to be 41.77%, thus confirms Pa-AgNPs was successfully biosynthesized from endophytic bacterial extracts.…”

“…The smaller particles may aggregate to give the large-size appearance of nanoparticles [54]. The large particle size depicted in SEM compared to DLS, XRD and TEM may be due to the difference in sample preparation and the presence of various forces of interaction in the solution [55,56]. The elemental analysis of Pa-AgNPs done using EDAX (Fig.…”

Bibliometrix analysis of medical tourism

“…Table 3 identifies the authors and their publications in the 20 top rankings. Analyzing the table, Demicco is the author with the highest number of publications, 28–40 fifteen, followed by Connel 1,2,41–46 and Han 47–55 with nine publications, Medhekar 56–60 and Na with seven, Frederick, 61–67 Gan, 62–67 Smith, 68–73 Cooper 25,74–78 and with six and Eto 79–82 and Lee 83…”