India-Pakistan Trade: Opportunities for Medical Value Travel
Taneja, Nisha; Bimal, Samridhi; Dayal, Isha; Nadeem, Taher | March 2017
Abstract
Despite an uncertain political relationship, and tensions between India and Pakistan, healthcare is a sector for trade that has the potential to grow. It is a soft sector, offering a win-win situation for both countries as producers will get a larger market for their products while consumers will have more options and superior quality products to choose from.
Given India's growth in the area of providing medical value travel facilities in South Asia, the objective of the study is to explore the potential of enhancing trade in the health sector, between India and Pakistan. Based on a survey of hospitals, intermediaries and patients, the study examines the key characteristics and constraints of India-Pakistan trade in health services. The study also documents lessons that India can learn from its South-East Asian competitors in the medical tourism industry and finally recommends policies that will improve trade in health services between India and Pakistan.
Citation
Taneja, Nisha; Bimal, Samridhi; Dayal, Isha; Nadeem, Taher. 2017. India-Pakistan Trade: Opportunities for Medical Value Travel. © Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/7024.Keywords
Urban Population
Traditional Medicine
Medical Statistics
Drug Policy
Preventive Medicine
Medical Economics
Preferential tariffs
Tariff negotiations
Protectionist measures
Tariff agreements
World Health Organization
Quality of Health Care
Partnerships in Health Reform
Health
Intraregional Trade
Regional Trade
Trade
Health Standards
Health Care Cost Control
Health Care Access
World Trade Organization
Trade Restrictions
Trade Negotiations
Trade Liberalization
Trade Barriers
Health status indicators
Medical and health care industry
Vaccination
Delivery of medical care
Foreign trade regulation
Health products
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