Medical Travel Destinations
Many countries outside US have become popular destinations for medical tourism in recent years. Having said that, let's take a look at which countries are the most popular when it comes to medical treatments abroad.
The most popular destinations for medical tourism include the following:
Panama is also one of the Americanized countries that are attracted for both medical destinations as well as the tourist spots.
Then Mexico. The close proximity is a large pull for those living in the southern part of the United States. The country has always been famous for its advanced healthcare facilities in the fields of dentistry and plastic surgery.
A number of hospitals in Singapore have been awarded JCI accreditation, signifying that the healthcare facilities provided by these hospitals rank among the best in the world.
Then the Philippines have a respected surgical community.
One of the most popular medical tourist's destinantions is for sure India.
The growth in this market is astounding for India, mainly caused by the fact that they charge 40% on average of what American doctors charge for similar plastic surgeries.
Most of the American patients will travel to India for the treatment of Birmingham Hip resurfacing where the treatment for the same is not available in the United States.
India hospitals and medical centers conduct all medical investigations using the latest, technologically advanced diagnostic equipment while following stringent quality
assurance exercises, which ensures that medical tourism patients receive reliable and high quality test results.
Serbia, Croatia, Czech Republic and Hungary are also popular destinations for medical tourists, mainly from Europe. Because, as long as the distances are similar - the cost factor overrides the distance factor. A lot of medical tourism hospitals from these Eastern Europe countries have been accredited by various different orgnanizations.
The best of the medical tourism destinations in Western Europe is Belgium.