The Globalization of Health Services: The Impact of Global Medical Travel in India, Brazil and Mexico

Authors

Blair Gifford
Sinyoung Park, University of North FloridaFollow
Sharmila Anand
Tereza Gueddes
Sukriti Sachdeva

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2013

Abstract

Health administration educators in the U.S. have traditionally focused their teaching on domestic healthcare delivery, and this was done for good reason. Healthcare has always been among the most local of all industries: you visit your local doctor and when you need extra care you go to your local hospital. Historically, most actors in the healthcare value chain – employers, insurers, payers, providers, suppliers, and the government – have been local, regional, or at the most removed, national (Starr, 1982). But in fact, many facets of the healthcare value chain have started to globalize, paralleling to some extent the growing globalization of most other industries.

Comments

Published in of Health Administration Education. 2013; 30(4).

https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/aupha/jhae/2013/00000030/00000004/art00004#

Recommended Citation

Gifford, Blair; Park, Sinyoung; Anand, Sharmila; Gueddes, Tereza; and Sachdeva, Sukriti, "The Globalization of Health Services: The Impact of Global Medical Travel in India, Brazil and Mexico" (2013). Department of Health Administration Faculty Publications. 2.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/ha_fac/2