Growth of Medical Tourism

MEDICAL TOURISM

Some Facts:

* 1,000,000 patients receive treatment outside of the own country
Medical tourism growing at 30% per year
* Cost savings range from 25-70% with at least 50% savings most common
India, Thailand, Singapore, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa top the
list of the most popular destinations
* Plastic surgery and dental treatment are most popular with a full
range of other surgeries also offered
* Access to non-USA approved surgeries
* Dozens of state-of-the-art new hospitals are being built especially
for international patients in countries like India, Thailand,
Singapore and Malaysia

Resources - Conferences:

• 6th Annual International Smart-Sourcing Conference September 6-7,
2007 Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
• Proud Asia 2007, September 27-30, 2007, at the Impact Convention
Center in Muangthong Thailand.
• Medical Tourism in the 21st Century, December 4, 2007, Sheffield,
England

Resources - Books:

• Patients Beyond Borders by Josef Woodman
[Health Travel Media], 2007.

• Beauty from Afar by Jeff Schult [STC Healthy
Living], 2006

• Hospitality 2010 by Marvin Cetron et al
[Pearson Prentice Hall], 2006

• The Complete Medical Tourist by David Hancock
[John Blake Publishing, Inc.], 2006

• Medical Tourism in Developing Countries
by Milica Z. Bookman and Karla R. Bookman, 2007

• Medical Tourism in India by Raj Pruthi, 2007

• Medical tourism: Sea, sun, sand and ... surgery
[An article from: Tourism Management [HTML] (Digital) by
J.Connell, 2007.

• Medical Tourism: A Role in Disease Management
by Chris Kozma viewpoint essay) Managed Care Interface, May 2007.

• Heads in Beds by Ivo Raza [Pearson Prentice Hall],
2005