{"id":480,"date":"2004-10-03T16:10:28","date_gmt":"2004-10-03T21:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=480"},"modified":"2005-01-14T00:48:22","modified_gmt":"2005-01-14T05:48:22","slug":"outsourcing_med","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2004\/10\/03\/outsourcing_med\/","title":{"rendered":"Outsourcing medical care to India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/msnbc.msn.com\/id\/6160812\/site\/newsweek\/\" target=\"_blank\">Newsweek details<\/a> the growing trend of going abroad for medical care, in this case to high-tech hospitals in India:<\/p>\n\n<blockquote>\nThe trend is driven in part by long waiting lists and high costs in countries like Britain and Canada. Like software outsourcing firms, Indian hospitals offer quality at Third World prices. The number of foreign patients seeking treatment in India\u00c2\u2014now 100,000\u00c2\u2014is growing by 12 percent to 15 percent a year, says the Indian Healthcare Federation.\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>I have heard of people increasingly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/stories\/southasia\/view\/108554\/1\/.html\" target=\"_blank\">combining their vacations with some type of medical procedure<\/a> as well (often times cosmetic).<\/p>\n\n<blockquote>\nThe private sector already sees medical tourism as an industry with tremendous potential for growth. \n<br>\n<br>\nTravel agents, tour operators and hotels are vying to make their presence felt. \n<br>\n<br>\nAnd by next year, the Indian medical industry will be ready to move into outsourcing to relieve overburdened medical institutions in Western countries, which are facing severe staff shortages.\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newsweek details the growing trend of going abroad for medical care, in this case to high-tech hospitals in India: The trend is driven in part by long waiting lists and high costs in countries like Britain and Canada. Like software &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2004\/10\/03\/outsourcing_med\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}