Medical tourism boosts SE Asian hospital shares
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Umuh Muchtar was in such agony after botched surgery in Indonesia that he took a friend's advice and contacted a hospital in Singapore where he had his kidney stones removed a few days later.
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The Washington Post on Thursday examined India&#39;s growing &quot;medical tourist industry,&quot; which provides lower-cost surgical and other procedures to foreign patients.
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Grand Rapids is seeing a boom in medical research, training and patient facility construction that health executives and city officials hope will sustain its culture and economy.
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Hepatitis C results propel shares up.
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Private equity firms are setting records in the size of Asian buyout funds, adding to an existing pool of more than $35 billion that is waiting to be invested in deals in the region.
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: Foreign direct investment in South-East Asian countries almost tripled in the first quarter of 2004, underscoring the region&#39;s attractiveness as a manufacturing base and growing global
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Health insurer posted a rise in quarterly net profit as  increased membership boosted revenue.
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Global air travel is set to be boosted by an increase in travel between Europe and Asia, thanks to growth in both China and India.
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Hospitals are renovating, rebuilding and expanding in part because they remain vital points of entry for paying patients whose eventual admission accounts for needed revenue.
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NEW YORK  - Contrary to what might be expected, the quality of care that patients receive increases with the number of medical conditions they have, according to a report in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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Five stocks in the health-care sector that are poised for growth.
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World's biggest company saw profits boosted by broad-based growth in its finance, transportation and health-care businesses.
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HMO premiums in New York City soared over the past year by as much as 35 percent, boosting subscribers&#39; health-care costs by hundreds â-nd sometimes thousands â -dollars, The Post has learned.
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Insurers and fund managers are set to cash in on Asia&#39;s private pension industry, which is expected to grow nearly four-fold in 10 years as the world&#39;s most populous region grows older.
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In the long run, happy patients make happy shareholders.
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Most major Asian share markets rose on Thursday, lifted by banks and financials after the U.S. government outlined a plan to rescue battered bond insurers and stave off a fresh round of billion-dollar writedowns.
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Australian pathology and radiology group Sonic Healthcare Ltd has reported a 41 percent jump in annual net profit, boosted by its UK expansion and higher government payouts for blood tests.