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Medical Tourism and Outsourcing Driving Growth in the Asian Healthcare Market
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Medical Tourism and Outsourcing Driving Growth in the Asian Healthcare Market
Medical tourism is a new buzzword in the Asian healthcare market with countries
like India, Thailand and Singapore driving it.
London, UK, November 25, 2010...
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Medical Tourism and Outsourcing Driving Growth in the Asian Healthcare Market
Medical tourism is a new buzzword in the Asian healthcare market with countries
like India, Thailand and Singapore driving it.
London, UK, November 25, 2010 -- Services like radiology readings are also being
increasingly outsourced to countries like India and Australia.
The medical tourism
industry is projected to achieve $4.
4 billion in sales by 2012.
Tele-radiology
outsourced to India is expected to be a $350 million market by 2010.
Another notable trend is the shift in treatments from a secondary care setting to
disease prevention and control in the primary care sector.
The outbreak of SARS was
one of the key reasons behind this shift with China leading the change.
Analysts at TechNavio expect healthcare spend in the APAC region to reach a little
over $1.
3 trillion in 2013, growing at a CAGR of 6.
8%.
Key Market Trends:
? Increasing clinical research activity in emerging regions such as Latin
Amer
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