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This book provides a detailed insight into the amalgamation of the healthcare and hospitality sector, which brought forward the concept of healthcare tourism or medical tourism. There have not been comprehensive resources in this particular area. The available quality resources focus on the Western world. Countries like India are an upcoming and one of the most favored destinations for medical tourism, and this trend is going to increase exponentially in the coming years. This book is developed in a very simple and lucid manner to enable even a layman to grasp the key components of the healthcare and hospitality sector at different levels and gradually link it to the present scenario where factors like accreditation, health insurance, corporatization, and public policy make an impact. Scholars in these sectors attempt to provide the recent trends and prospects supported with updated information. Therefore, it can solve the problem of a single source of detailed information relevant to different yet interconnected industries with a focus on developing countries

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Hospital Designing and Planning -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Need of Hospital Planning -- 1.3 Hospital Planning Process -- 1.3.1 Hospital Planning Team -- 1.3.2 Hospital Consultant -- 1.3.3 Techniques Adopted by the Planning Team -- 1.3.4 Feasibility Analysis Done by the Hospital Planning Team -- 1.4 Size of the Hospital -- 1.5 Site Selection -- 1.6 Hospital Architect -- 1.7 Preparation of Detailed Architectural Report -- 1.7.1 Major Departments of a General Hospital -- 1.8 Identifying Equipment Needs -- 1.8.1 Acquiring New Equipment -- 1.8.2 Addition of Equipment -- 1.8.3 Replacement of Old or Obsolete Equipment -- 1.8.4 Calculation of Requirement of Equipment -- 1.8.5 Collection of Information -- 1.8.6 Product Evaluation and Specification Audit -- 1.9 Equipping a Hospital -- 1.9.1 Plants and Equipment Required in the Hospital -- 1.10 Interiors and Graphics -- 1.10.1 Graphic Art and Design -- 1.10.2 Types of Graphics -- 1.10.3 Use of Decorative Colors in Hospitals -- The Cultural Meanings of Colors in a Healthcare Setting -- Psychological Impacts of Colorations in the Healthcare Environment -- Colors as a Signage System in Hospitals -- International and NABH-Accepted Medical Institution Signage Criteria -- Chromotherapy -- Color and Health -- 1.11 Construction -- 1.12 Commissioning -- 1.12.1 The Commissioning Team -- 1.12.2 Scheduling the Sequence of the Services -- 1.12.3 Categorization of Services [13] -- Shake-Down Period -- References -- Chapter 2: Importance of Hospital Management -- 2.1 Healthcare -- 2.2 Healthcare Industry -- 2.3 Classification of Healthcare Industry -- 2.3.1 Based on Funding and Governance -- Public Sector in Healthcare -- Private Sector in Healthcare -- 2.3.2 Based on Service Delivery -- Healthcare Providers -- Healthcare Financiers -- Life Sciences.