Comparative Costs for Hip or Knee Replacement Utilizing Medical Tourism Resources
It can be said that it is best to shop at home. You know the people and institutions well. They are familiar. It is close to family and friends should you need their help and support - whether it be emotional or logistical roles or both.
However you may have severely immobilizing arthritis which after years of discomfort has become increasingly bad and the disabilities in function have reduced your abilities and the overall quality of life in major ways.
Arthritis is a progressive joint disease. Most people have the effects of normal wear and tear on their joints. They suffer over time “osteoarthritis”. It is the rheumatoid or inflammatory arthritis that is the real trouble maker. The joints become red, hot and inflamed. Not only is normal function of joints difficult but damage to the joints occurs over time as the inflammatory process does more and more damage to the joint tissues itself,
In three years up to 3/4 of all rheumatoid arthritis patients have evidence of damage as shown by their x-rays. By 10 years fully 50 % of these poor people are disabled and unable to work. They may be given therapy - the basis of medical care is aspirin (salicyclates) in much higher dosages than would normally be given for your cough and cold. To that other drugs are added to reduce the inflammation. Often these drugs are very hard on the patient’s stomach. Coated aspirin can be used which coats the pill to avoid stomach contact but ultimately it is the pills and medications in the end that limit themselves. By the end of all - 50 % of these rheumatoid arthritis patients are disabled. Their lives and their abilities to the activities that we take for granted are limited.
If the person is in a queue for treatment, is unable to get treatment or cannot afford treatment off shore medical tourism may be an option for prompt hip or new replacement which they may not otherwise have access to.
If looked at in dollars and cents as an economic measure is generally 75 % less cost (with travel and hospitality costs included) than the same procedure in the
It is now wonder that medical tourism is a major growth industry in many formerly non first world countries of the world.
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