Economic Multiplier Pathways of Medical Tourism and Regional Development in Emerging Indian Healthcare Markets: A Systematic Review with Emphasis on West Bengal

The systematic literature review (SLR) integrates the scholarly publications published since 2015 and assesses the paper on how medical tourism serves as an economic multiplier and on the development of the region in India, particularly the West Bengal region. Through a PRISMA-directed search and filtering procedure, 58 refined records were initially identified, and 41 studies were incorporated into the inclusion criteria of qualitative synthesis. The chosen literature includes empirical literature, case literature, policy literature, geospatial suitability literature, sector literature, and thematic literature reviews. The major insights include that medical tourism brings direct revenue to the form of healthcare services, indirect benefits in terms of hospitality and transportation connections, and indirect benefits in terms of employment and investments of infrastructure (Connell,…