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Globalizacja i offshoring usług medycznych
Globalization and offshoring of medical services

Author(s): Barbara Liberska
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: globalization; medical tourism; offshoring of medical services; telemedicine

Summary/Abstract: The article aims is to analyze the impact of globalization processes on number of professional medical services. Transfer of medical services from high cost countries to lower cost countries brings savings and benefits. Offshoring of medical services and medical tourism has become for some developing countries like India an important sector for economic development.

  • Issue Year: 10/2012
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 127–132
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Polish