Benefits of Medical Tourism
Now a days medical field has spread its wing by offering overseas treatments at much reasonable costs for everyone to take benefits of. There are a lot of discussion going around the globe to see if there are benefits of medical tourism. Well, today we are going to take a peek in some of these benefits for us while considering any kind of medical tourism.
Medical tourism in simple term is a travel abroad to undergo any medical treatment that you would otherwise find either very costly in the your country or not as well equipped with the recent technology as the country you are traveling to receive that treatment. So if for example, you are from U.S.. and it costs you as an example GBP 20000 for an eye surgery, the same may be done say for example in India for the total sum of GBP 9000 which will not only include the surgery and hospital fees but also include accommodation, follow ups and a holiday feel all in one. This is why so many people today are attracted to this unique concept.
Thus there are many benefits for Medical Tourism. now for the patients who would like to undergo any kind of surgical treatment. Medical tourism gives everyone the opportunity to get best quality of medical treatments at lower costs. Although the costs certainly is the main benefit of medical tourism, the other attraction is the fact that other countries might perform certain treatments that are not available or are restricted in the country of their origin. And while vacation might not be the goal here, people certainly want to recuperate from any treatment while holidaying in their preferred places. There are lots of countries that offer such packages like India, Singapore, Thailand, Brazil, etc.
After information Technology (IT) and Information Technology Enabled Services (IEES), which are now good contributors to our Nation's GDP, the next great thing happening could be 'Medical tourism', which has numerous potential, if rightly captured, to make big contributions to the Nation's GDP. The following will show a some valid points by the way of expert's questions vs. opinions offered, current status available with future projections and a some suggestions for making top use of medical tourism towards the development of the nation's economic prosperity.
The offers available now a days for similar patients are specialized services ranging from cardiology and cardiac surgery (angioplasty, bypass, valve replacement), to oncology and onco-surgery, organ transplants (liver and kidney), bone marrow transplants, joint replacements, eye surgery and in-vitro fertilization. The price difference is significant, as that was for Marshall, for the patients.
Medical tourism is now a days attracting people from all over the world, from countries with comparatively poor healthcare infrastructures and, in case of the US, places with exorbitantly expensive health care services.
Medical tourists from US are generally those seeking procedures not covered by their insurers, those seeking required procedures and who are provided with incentives to find lower cost options, and those who cannot get medical insurance where they depend on the procedures and the physicians. Cosmetic surgery are locally found in South America, while complex heart and orthopedic surgery are found in India, Thailand and Singapore, and specialized in-vitro fertilization may be found in South Africa, Israel and Spain.
In the global medical tourism services, from cosmetic surgery to complex oncology, bargain prices may be found at a medical centre somewhere in the globe. Time and money provide the incentives for seeking healthcare outside the nation. In the case of general public health services with long delays, such as Britain, time is the motivation.
