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According to FICCI & Ernst & Young, clinical trials have the potential to become a US$ 1 billion industry by 2010. The health services outsourcing sector has the potential to grow to grow to US$ 7.4 billion by 2012, from US$ 3.7 billion in 2006, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11 per [...]
According to industry body ASSOCHAM, India’s medical tourism sector is expected to grow at an annual rate of 30 per cent to become a US$ 1.93 billion industry by 2015 as foreign arrivals increase. About 1.8 lakh foreigners visited India for treatment in the first eight and half months of 2008-09 and their number would [...]
‘First World treatment at Third World prices’ is how industry sources define medical tourism in India. Although India is a recent entrant into medical tourism, it is fast catching up. According to Mckinsey, medical tourism in India could become a US$ 2 billion industry by 2012 (from US$ 350 million in 2006). It is estimated [...]
Hospitals have realized that information technology (IT) can be an effective tool towards efficient systems. India has the fastest growing healthcare IT market in Asia, with an expected growth rate of 22 per cent, followed closely by China and Vietnam. According to Springboard Research, the Indian healthcare technology market is poised to be worth more [...]
According to Mckinsey, one-fifth of India’s population is likely to have medical insurance by 2015, leading to an estimated increase in consumer spending on healthcare from US$ 2,054 per household in 2005 to US$ 3,514 per household by 2015. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has eliminated tariffs on general insurance as of January [...]