Medical Tourism, separating facts from fiction
One of the greatest myths that I hear on a somewhat regular basis, centers around the belief that the US must have one of the greatest health systems in the world, because everyone comes here for their care. Well, let’s examine that shall we?
As with many things, reality is a little different from the mythology.
According to the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions and Health-tourism.com, there will be roughly 561,000 inbound medical tourists to the United States by 2017….Conversely, 750,000 Americans traveled to foreign countries in 2007, and this grew to between 1.1 and 1.3 million outbound tourists in 2008. Spending on healthcare in foreign countries was estimated to be 20 billion dollars in 2008.
Estimates for growth demonstrate a consistent 35% growth in outbound medical tourism annually. Projections indicate that roughly 1.6-2.5 million Americans will travel abroad in 2012, and spending could reach 100 billion dollars. That’s right, 100 billion US dollars being spent in foreign countries for healthcare such as elective surgeries, complicated dental surgery, plastic surgery, and even coronary bypass surgery.
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Friday, April 22, 2011
Another conservative myth bites the dust: medical tourism
From Dan Crawford at Angry Bear:
In current period India is one of the highly medical tourism growing country in the world. Because of the Topmost Best Hospital in India. here medical treatments are available at lowest cost and everyone known India famous for his travel destination places.
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