BELTRAIDE is determined to make medical tourism a reality in Belize as soon as possible. They completed a strategy a year ago, and now they are trying to fill in
Last week, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) invited more than 30 medical tourism facilitators and travel agencies specialising from 10 countries to the country, for the second annual medical
Finally, a few repercussions of strict immigration rules have come to surface. It seems stringent immigration rules may abrade Medical Tourism in India. Health space that was ready with its
Medical tourism, also called health tourism or medical travel, is a rapidly growing industry catering to patients who travel across national borders to receive medical treatments. In Asia, medical tourism
How well does the medical tourism industry understand its customers? If it’s not all about price, how do medical tourists make decisions about destinations and healthcare providers? Is regional and
As the United States struggles to rein in its growing $2.7 trillion health care bill, the cost of medical devices like joint implants, pacemakers and artificial urinary valves offers a
Football legend Diego Maradona blazed a path for Cuba to become a medical tourism destination when he travelled to the island for drug addiction treatment in 2000. Since then, thousands
“Very leery” of going to a developing country like India or Thailand, which both draw so-called medical tourists, he ultimately chose to have his hip replaced in 2007 at a
Elisabeth Rosenthal is writing an excellent series on health care costs for The Times – her stories, about the cost of births in America and another comparing American hospital prices
