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Possible Benefits of Medical Tourism
Possible Benefits of Medical Tourism
Most obvious benefit is lower cost of treatment.
Most travelers incorporate a short holiday along with the treatment as these also tend to be cheaper than vacations in their home country.
Medical tourists sometimes can avail themselves of the best doctors and hospitals of a foreign country. The hospitals/clinics in medical tourist destinations may also be credentialed in first world countries and doctors are sometimes graduates of first-world medical schools.
Medical tourism also gives people a chance to incorporate local therapies ? India's yoga and Ayruvedic medicine, Thai massage, traditional Chinese medicine, ... ? with their ongoing treatments.
The most favorite medical tourism destinations worldwide currently are:
- Costa Rica�: Joint Commission International accredited private hospitals, state-of-the-art-equipment, proximity to the United States and Canada, English-speaking medical personnel, highly trained doctors, dentists, oral surgeons, and cosmetic surgeons with costs generally up to 70% of what would be paid in the United States.
- Greece�: Greece is becoming increasingly popular as destination for high quality cosmetic surgery especially for patients from United Kingdom. Because Greece is a member of the European Union, its health industry is kept to a good standard and under thorough checks and safety regulations. In private sector the Metropolitan Hospital in Athens is regarded as being the best in Greece, and the plastic surgeons associated with that hospital are among the best. Greece is also traditionally regarded as a popular tourist destination and therefore its tourism and service sectors are well developed. The widespread knowledge of English language among the general population is also an advantage.
- India�: Specially for heart surgery, hip resurfacing, cosmetic surgery and high end surgeries. English as a primary language is also an advantage.
- Singapore�: Has highly accredited hospitals and a very high quality infrastructure
- Thailand�: Low labour costs resulting in lower treatment costs. Some Thai hospitals have a lot of experience with sex-change surgery.
- Hong Kong�: High quality infrastructure and good quality doctors
- Mexico: Dental care is the best deal here. Being a border country with the United States, the benefit is obvious.
Many people in the Border states often travel to Mexico for Dental Care and minor checks out of convenience, and the quality in Private Clinics and Hospitals is just about the same.
- and more recently, Brazil, Brunei, Colombia, Cuba, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates
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