Medical Tourism Wikipedia
Medical tourism or medical travel, is the act of traveling to other countries to obtain medical, dental, and surgical care. The term was initially coined by travel agencies and the media as a catchall phrase to describe a rapidly growing industry where pe
Posted on 13 December 2008 in Uncategorized by admin
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Medical tourism has been seen by many as a blessing. Que lines can be substantially shortened. What may not be available in your home country may well be available to you elsewhere. In Canada for example it may be a multi-year wait for hip or knee replacement surgery or therapy. It is not only a question of convenience. The poor patient may be incapacitated . What kind of a life can they lead – almost being handicapped. In addition they may live in great pain which for the most part will make them dysfunctional if not almost always in a “bad” mood. Small reason why.
If they have the funds available one can well say – “What is money for”. To have funds yet be in pain , not being able to lead your life as you want it is not a bargain in the mix. Often it is not only a question of the money at all. Its the quality of life afforded. Quality of life is everything.
One may wonder the mentality of allowing such ques to take place. In a socialist mindset the worst thing that can possibly occur is “Que jumping”. The origin behind this way of thinking and value statement / judgment is that under socialism services and goods available are seen in the “pie” concept. There is only one “pie’ of services. If one person takes a piece of pie there is less left for everyone else. If you take a piece of the pie by jumping ahead of the Que then you are reducing the amount of goods/services / pie for me and everyone else. Thus que jumping when it comes to medical services is downright evil and immoral.
The fallacy in this logic is that in progressive societies those that are most productive expand the pie or pies.
Their inputs , factories so to speak , produce additional pies. It can be said that in the socialist paradise – the former Soviet Union – everyone had a job , but not everyone could afford to eat. Even in the socialist paradise of the Soviet Union there were privileged classes – the “party members’ who certainly had great powers to jump the Que lines in a much greater fashion and manner than was and would be allowed in any of the industrialized “capitalistic” economy societies.
People will jump ahead in Que lines. It is human nature. On top of that medical tourism can offload some of the demands on a given health care system or systems freeing up the load. On the other side though it is often the most affluent and powerful members of society who push for changes , upgrades in standards and service levels. If they are taken out of the mix beneficial improvement in the medical systems and levels of services may not be afforded.
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Posted on 19 September 2008 in Uncategorized by admin
Medical tourism is a topical subject. It depends on which side of the fence you are on – patient , patient with or without adequate funds , on what side of the “patient que” you are on , or is there at queue at all. People travel to foreign countries for products or services all the time . Whether it is someone seeking jewelery or even a salami that is not available “at home” or a Canadian on their way to purchase a Canadian NAFTA Canadian made Toyota only to discover that when the costs are all counted they are ahead of the game financially and even had a sort of holiday or vacation to boot. It may be true that the lovely people at the border may make your like difficult, even if you are well prepared – but at the end of the day you have your car and your savings and that’s that.
Medial tourism is no different. Patients travel to foreign countries in order to receive medical care or medical care , or pharmaceuticals that are not available at home , at a price they can afford , the wait time is too long , or perhaps they wish to have their medical services , and their recovery period away from prying eyes – often in the case of cosmetic surgeries.
In fact , the numbers bear up the increased popularity of “medical tourism”. Recently Deloite – the international respected consulting firm came up with the conclusions that during the fiscal year of 2007 an estimated 750,000 Americans travelled abroad for medical care. In fact the prevailing estimate that by the year of 2010 the number of American medical tourists may swell to 6 million patients.
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It is often asked what are the dominant and major players in the provision of medical and hospital services in the “medical tourism” industry to provide these services to “medical tourists”.
The major players in this market and the effective marketing of offshore medical services are Argentina , Brazil , Costa Rica , India or course , Malaysia , Mexico ( proximity to the United States and major markets , with a fair amount of seniors present – states such as Texas, Nevada , Arizona and California) , Panama , the Philippines ( especially to Asian medical consumers such as Japan and S. Korea) , South Africa , Thailand and Turkey.
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