Developing Health Law Rights And Regional Healthcare Integration: An Analysis Of India's Emergence As South Asia's Medical Tourism Hub And Its Implications For Regional Health Governance
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Dr. Siddhant Chandra, Dr. Kaustav Choudhoury, Dr. Subhajit Chakraborty, Assistant Professors at St. Xavier’s University, Kolkata (India).
ABSTRACT
This study examines the dual phenomenon of India's evolving health rights jurisprudence and its emergence as South Asia's primary medical tourism destination within the broader context of regional healthcare integration. Through comprehensive analysis of constitutional developments, policy frameworks, and cross-border patient flows, this research investigates how India's healthcare transformation influences regional health governance and patient mobility patterns across South Asian countries. The analysis reveals that while India has successfully developed medical tourism capabilities— serving 7.3 million medical tourists annually and generating $7.69 billion in revenue—significant disparities persist in healthcare access and quality across the region. Drawing from econometric analysis of eight South Asian countries (2000-2021), the study demonstrates that healthcare expenditure, educational attainment, and income growth maintain significant long-term associations with improved health outcomes, though no short-term causality exists between these variables. The findings suggest that regional healthcare integration requires coordinated policy approaches that balance commercial healthcare development with domestic health equity objectives while addressing systemic healthcare governance challenges across South Asian nations.
Keywords: Health rights, medical tourism, South Asia, healthcare integration, health law, regional governance.
