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United Arab Emirates as a Global Medical Tourism Destination: An Explorative Study

United Arab Emirates as a Global Medical Tourism Destination: An Explorative Study

Prof. Umendra Narayan Shukla, Sharad Kumar Kulshreshtha
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781522597872|ISBN10: 1522597875|EISBN13: 9781522597889
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9787-2.ch015
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Shukla, Prof. Umendra Narayan, and Sharad Kumar Kulshreshtha. "United Arab Emirates as a Global Medical Tourism Destination: An Explorative Study." Global Developments in Healthcare and Medical Tourism, edited by Sudip Paul and Sharad Kumar Kulshreshtha, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 277-290. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9787-2.ch015

APA

Shukla, P. U. & Kulshreshtha, S. K. (2020). United Arab Emirates as a Global Medical Tourism Destination: An Explorative Study. In S. Paul & S. Kulshreshtha (Eds.), Global Developments in Healthcare and Medical Tourism (pp. 277-290). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9787-2.ch015

Chicago

Shukla, Prof. Umendra Narayan, and Sharad Kumar Kulshreshtha. "United Arab Emirates as a Global Medical Tourism Destination: An Explorative Study." In Global Developments in Healthcare and Medical Tourism, edited by Sudip Paul and Sharad Kumar Kulshreshtha, 277-290. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9787-2.ch015

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Abstract

UAE is also known as the fastest-growing medical tourism hub due to its most advanced medical technology, affordable treatments cost, and highly specialized doctors with world-class healthcare services. In this context, the Dubai Health Experience (DXH) is developed by Dubai Health Authority as a brand name for global healthcare and medical tourism, which aims to build up Dubai as a medical tourism hub. Dubai Health Experience (DXH) the United Arab Emirates is also widening its opportunity for the medical tourism market in the Gulf Cooperation Council is a political and economic alliance of six countries in the Arabian Peninsula where UAE is itself member country. In this continuation, Dubai Tourism Strategy 2020 is also a strategic roadmap with the target of attracting 20 million visitors per year by 2020. This chapter will reveal the emerging medical tourism and healthcare trends, healthcare policy of UAE, investment in healthcare and medical tourism, government initiatives, public-private partnership, and key initiatives to achieving sustainable development goals.

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