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IS DEPRESSION AFFECTING THE MAJORITY OF PUBLIC HEALTH?

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Depression is one of the leading causes in the Public Health which is spreading worldwide in a rapid manner. Depression is often related with other chronic diseases and can worsen their associated health outcomes. On overall Health Status, studies have explored the effect of depression, alone or as a group. A study on adults was conducted by the World Health Survey (WHS) aged 18 years and older to obtain data for health, health-related outcomes, and their determinants. An algorithm, known as, Diagnostic Item Probability study was used to estimate the Prevalence values for four chronic physical diseases namely angina, arthritis, asthma, and diabetes. The Mean health scores were constructed using factor analysis where the data’s were compared across different disease states and demographic variables. Regression Modelling was used to determine the relation of the disease states and mean health scores. Participants from 60 countries, all around the world, were availabl

Has the Economic growth of Medical Tourism developed rapidly?

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  One of the fastest growing economies in the Healthcare industry is the Medical Tourism. Medical tourism holds the centre of attraction for both the developed and developing nations; it also gives an economic boost to not only developed countries but also small or deprived regions, which proves to be an excellent region for the traditional Medicine. The main impact of medical tourism is it contributes greatly to the government by generating millions of revenues by the direct foreign exchange earnings. It also offers employment and business opportunities to the local people and the start-up entrepreneurs in the Healthcare industry.                                    The growth of medical tourism has been rapidly spreading worldwide which on the other hand also helps in generating either direct employment which includes jobs, such as taxi services, hotels, restaurants, etc or indirect employment such as the goods being delivered and also various other services required by the w