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Review of Adoption of Disruptive Innovative Practices in Medical Tourism in India


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1 IMS-DAVV, Indore – 452001, Madhya Pradesh, India
2 Prestige Law College, Indore - 452 010, Madhya Pradesh, India
3 Saudi Electronic University, Abha, Saudi Arabia
 

The Indian Medical Tourism Industry is significantly adding nearly 3% to the total size of healthcare sector of India. Surgical techniques and healthcare technologies have undergone revolutionary changes in past four decades giving way to early adoption of disruptive innovative practices by the quality conscious and low cost medical tourism industry in India. This secondary data based research paper aims at examining the adoption and use of Disruptive Innovative Practices in Medical Tourism Industry in India. It was concluded that Medical Tourism Industry in India is not only suitable but most probable to adopt and use the Disruptive Innovative Practices. The implication of the paper would be the encouragement of further research on disruptive innovative Practices in Medical care in India.

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Disruptive Innovative Practices, Medical Tourism Industry.
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Authors

Nityanand Sharma
IMS-DAVV, Indore – 452001, Madhya Pradesh, India
A. K. Jain
IMS-DAVV, Indore – 452001, Madhya Pradesh, India
P. K. Gupta
Prestige Law College, Indore - 452 010, Madhya Pradesh, India
Samidha D. Sharma
Saudi Electronic University, Abha, Saudi Arabia

Abstract


The Indian Medical Tourism Industry is significantly adding nearly 3% to the total size of healthcare sector of India. Surgical techniques and healthcare technologies have undergone revolutionary changes in past four decades giving way to early adoption of disruptive innovative practices by the quality conscious and low cost medical tourism industry in India. This secondary data based research paper aims at examining the adoption and use of Disruptive Innovative Practices in Medical Tourism Industry in India. It was concluded that Medical Tourism Industry in India is not only suitable but most probable to adopt and use the Disruptive Innovative Practices. The implication of the paper would be the encouragement of further research on disruptive innovative Practices in Medical care in India.

Keywords


Disruptive Innovative Practices, Medical Tourism Industry.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18311/ajprhc%2F2017%2F15497