About The Event
Many health systems worldwide are facing significant challenges due to the emergence of issues determined by an increasingly “global health” context and competitive medical tourism dynamics. Coping with global health issues means many things, such as envisioning new ways of managing migrations of people, providing basic and affordable access to care in developing countries, strengthening institutional relationships among bordering countries to create integrated health systems, coordinating the interventions of the vast group of humanitarian associations, developing capacity at governance level of health systems under stress to make them more resilient, and more…
Addressing these global health issues is fundamental, as they have implications on both under-developed, developing and mature health systems.
Tourism is about relaxation, pleasure and an increase in well-being and even health. Travel for physical well-being and medical care has long been common practice. The attempt to achieve better health while on holiday, through relaxation, exercise or visits to spas, has been taken to a new level with the emergence of a new and distinct market referred to as medical tourism.
Medical tourism is the practice of people traveling outside their country of residence for the primary purpose of receiving medical treatment. While a few years ago only a handful of hospitals and countries promoting themselves as medical tourism destinations, today, it is estimated that there are hundreds of hospitals and clinics and over thirty different countries promoting it. According to estimates, around 3-4 percent of the world population travel internationally for medical treatment, generating over USD 100 billion.
The economic and social significance of medical tourism has provided scholars with various research opportunities such as to-date, global health and medical tourism has been the subject of various scientific investigation. Medical Tourism has developed for many reasons. For searching best quality/cost services. For reaching the top clinicians, the highly specialized services with best outcomes. For saving money in hyper standardized services where the only driver for choice is cost. But also, for getting access to services that simply not available in their own country, or not affordable. Within this global health scenarios, medical tourism is quickly developing, in many different ways. And many countries are pushing their own health systems and providers to become more competitive in attracting medical tourism. Generating a global competition on many health issues.
This conference will provide a unique forum for attendees from academia, industry, government, and other organizations to actively exchange, share, and challenge state-of-the-art research and industrial case studies on global health and medication tourism. The goal of the conference is to thoroughly examine contemporary global health and medical tourism issues, stimulate dialogue, and develop new perspectives in the field within the globalized environment. The conference invites conceptual, empirical, and methodological research papers, and country context case studies on different themes relating to global health and medical tourism. Papers and presentations are expected to address both the theoretical, methodological, and practical aspects of global health and medical tourism.
Call for Papers
Suggested topics (but not limited to) for the conference include the following related to Global Health & Medical Tourism:
- Management Perspectives to Medical Tourism/Healthcare Management
- Travel behavior of health tourists
- Trends & Challenges of health tourism
- Sustainability of health tourism
- Legal aspects of health tourism
- Global Marketing
- Alternative Healthcare Medicine
- Digital Health Care: The 4.0 Way (Telemedicine, SNS, apps etc.)
- Role of Communication and Soft Skills
- Global Healthcare Economics
- Role of Culture
- Medical Practices for Sustainable Growth
- Hospital Management: Strategy, Operations, Policy, Practices
- Human Resource Issues
- Role of Pharmaceuticals & Surgical Instruments Industry
- Pharmacovigilance & Legal issues
- Waste Management Issues
- Emerging Global Trends in Women Healthcare
- Innovations in Global Healthcare: Opportunities and Challenges for India
- International Policy Perspectives regarding Medical Tourism – The Way Forward
- Mindfulness, Yoga, Wellness and Meditation – New Arena in Medical Tourism
- Capacity and Leadership Development in Health Care and Medical Tourism
07 February 2020
15 March 2020
25 March 2020
Publication Opportunities
All accepted papers will be published in a conference proceeding with ISBN. Furthermore, papers will be considered for publication in special issues of the following journals:
Event Speakers
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CONFERENCE TEAM
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Prof. Debashis Chatterjee
Conference Patron
Director - IIM Kozhikode
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Prof. Deepa Sethi
Conference Chair
IIM Kozhikode
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Prof. Robin Nunkoo
Conference Co-Chair
University of Mauritius
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Prof. Federico Lega
Conference Co-Chair
University of Milan
Prof. Anindita Paul
IIM Kozhikode
Prof. Joshy Joseph
IIM Kozhikode
Prof. Ashok Thomas
IIM Kozhikode
Prof. Pronobesh Banerjee
IIM Kozhikode
Dr Boopen Seetanah
University of Mauritius
Dr Viraiyan Teeroovengadum
University of Mauritius
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Prof. Justin Paul
Professor
Rollins College, Florida & University of PR, USA
Dr. Chitra Sarkar
Professor
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Prof. Tanuja Nesari
Director
All India Institute of Ayurveda, Under the Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India
Prof. Dogan Gursoy
College of Business and Economics, Washington State University, USA
Prof. Christina Chi
College of Business and Economics, Washington State University, USA
Prof Michael Hall
Department of Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand 8140
Dr. Thanika Devi Juwaheer
Department of Management, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius
Dr. Rajesh Jeewon
Faculty of Science, University of Mauritius
Prof. Mario Raviglione
Center of Global Health, Milan University, Italy
Event Schedule
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Registration Fees
Category | Early bird registration fees (on or before 10 March 2020) | Registration fees (after 10 March 2020) |
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Faculty members and other researchers from academic institutes/Medical practitioners and other professionals |
300 USD | 350 USD |
Students | 200 USD | 250 USD |