- Exorbitant healthcare costs in industrialized nations
- Long waiting lists for surgery in countries offering socialized healthcare
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Ease and affordability of international travel
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Favorable currency exchange rates in foreign countries resulting in low cost surgery
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Rapidly improving technology and standards of care in many countries
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Proven safety of healthcare in select foreign nations
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International accreditation of foreign hospitals
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U.S., U.K. and Australian board certified surgeons operating in select foreign countries
More and more people are traveling abroad as an affordable, enjoyable, and safe alternative to having medical, dental, and cosmetic surgical procedures done in their home countries.
Currently medical tourism patients are traveling in large numbers to Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, El Salvador, India, Malaysia, South Africa, Thailand and Turkey - places where the quality of affordable healthcare is equal to anywhere else in the world and yet the cost is significantly lower. These regions also offer numerous options for touring, sight-seeing, shopping, exploring, and relaxing.
Here are the most common terms used to describe this relatively new industry:
Medical Tourism Medical Outsourcing Medical Travel Health Tourism
It has been mentioned that overseas healthcare, sometimes referred to as medical tourism, medical travel, health tourism, or medical outsourcing is expected to become a multi-billion dollar industry by 2012. Whether you call it medical tourism, medical travel, health tourism, or medical outsourcing, the concept is the same. It appears as though this concept of traveling abroad to receive health care is going to become a viable option for many years to come.
Medical Tourism Medical Outsourcing Medical Travel Health Tourism
Although "medical tourism" has been the descriptor for this new emerging industry, it is important to know that MedRetreat has a different philosophy on the concept of traveling abroad to receive your surgery. We understand the seriousness of receiving high quality medical care and then allowing your body to recuperate from the surgery. No gimmicks...no marketing hype. The tourism part of the process is viewed as the least important factor and should only be considered once you are fully recuperated.
Medical Tourism Medical Outsourcing Medical Travel Health Tourism
Many companies are using the term "medical tourism" as a motivator to attract clients into this new emerging concept of overseas medical care, we do not. To effectively become the leader in providing healthcare abroad, our emphasis is placed on the efficacy of our hospital partners regardless of the physical location of their facility. In this respect, we will remain the leader of facilitating global healthcare in a safe and affordable manner.
Medical Tourism Medical Outsourcing Medical Travel Health Tourism
A word of caution: Be very careful if attempting to plan your own medical travel program. There are many issues that are not apparent to the first time medical tourist. One small oversight can be the difference between a successful and unsuccessful surgery abroad. By working with a full service medical tourism company that offers a guarantee, you will greatly reduce the possibilities of something going wrong. Take this process of health tourism very seriously. After all, it's your health and welfare.
Helpful Tip: When choosing a medical tourism service agency, be sure to inquire about a guarantee. Since you will be taking a leap of faith when seeking medical procedures abroad, you should be offered protection in case you do not proceed with your plans. Please refer to our guarantee as an example. MedRetreat Guarantee
To receive a complimentary quotation for your individualized medical tourism package, simply complete the Membership Form (step 3 above) to have access to one of our U.S Program Managers who will guide you through the entire process.
Who should consider becoming a medical tourist?
Everyone qualifies. Whether you're insured or uninsured, you can realize the savings of overseas healthcare. As we move into the future, we'll need to be more financially responsible for our healthcare expenditures, even if we are fully insured. Soon, many corporations will not be able to afford the option of offering healthcare benefits to their employees. We need to begin now to reduce the costs of healthcare to better ensure the availability of major medical coverage to working Americans.
Many options exist for the medical tourism patient - from purely elective procedures such as face lift, rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty, liposuction, tummy tuck, breast augmentation, dental and LASIK, to more serious procedures such as knee replacement, hip replacement, spinal disc replacement, hysterectomy and cardiac bypass surgery.
The $6000 Rule
Medical tourists can now obtain essentially any type of medical or surgical procedure within reason. However, there is a simple rule we follow to determine if it makes financial sense to travel abroad. We call it the "$6000 Rule." If your procedure would cost $6000 in the U.S., you may not realize any financial savings. Although the surgery would only cost about $1500 abroad, by the time you add the airfare, post-op hotel accommodations, ground transportation, and the other essentials of overseas travel, you may only realize a break-even scenario. This being said, many people still choose to travel abroad to achieve complete privacy and anonymity, peaceful recuperation, and the avoidance of daily hometown distractions.
Click here to learn how to identify the best “value” when researching your medical tourism options.
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