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Medical Tourism
Many people who need treatment are going outside of their home country to find it, a recent news article has reported. The top destinations for this new “medical tourism” are Thailand, India, Malaysia, and Singapore.
The rise in foreign nationals going overseas, and especially to Asia, to seek medical treatment can be attributed to rising medical costs in the western world. With comprehensive cover, five star hotel style accommodations and a discounted price tag, medical tourism is starting to catch on.
Newsweek has reported that the number one medical tourism destination in the world is the Bumrungrad International hospital in Bangkok. The Important issue to remember here is this; although medical treatment in Thailand is cheap by western standards it can still cost a lot of money. However, many Thai hospitals have come to the realization that they are going to benefit from their cheaper prices and receive more patients; because of this hospitals in Thailand have become increasingly adept at dealing with major international insurance companies. At many medical facilities in Thailand direct settlement is now being used more and more.
Many hospitals in the medical tourism hot spots say that patients do not seek treatment at their facility because of the monetary factor but rather because of the high quality of service and care that they can provide. Most of these hospitals have doctors and staff that have been trained in western universities and are able to provide the same, if not better, care than patients will receive in their home country.
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