Dubai poised for medical tourism

Dubai poised for medical tourism

Dubai: With world-class health facilities and internationally accredited hospitals, Dubai is all set to be the top hub for world medical tourism. The Dubai Health Authority (DHA) convened a meeting

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Why you will pay more for health care

How much does the average Louisianan pay for health care? Too damn much. Roughly 17 percent of your income goes towards your health care, on average. Now research from Harvard

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More vision on healthcare needed

Let’s have a more visionary approach to reducing health costs. While most see the need to reduce health costs, wouldn’t it be refreshing if our politicians and their advisers looked

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More patients flocking to ERs under Obamacare

It wasn’t supposed to work this way, but since the Affordable Care Act took effect in January, Norton Hospital has seen its packed emergency room become even more crowded, with

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Cost an indirect measure of waste – Medicare researcher

A growing body of health care research shows significant waste can be found by looking at the overuse of certain medical services. “Cost is an indirect measure of overuse,” said

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4 ways to evaluate alternative health coverage

Most of the uninsured have to wait five months for the next chance to seek coverage on the health care overhaul’s public exchanges. But that doesn’t mean they need to

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One Blockbuster Drug Explains A Lot About Our Out-Of-Control Healthcare Costs

Medicare, the federal health insurance program for Americans 65 and older, could save $18 billion over the next 10 years if doctors switch to a less expensive drug to treat

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Examining the cost of too much care

One doctor served prison time for health care fraud. Another has been disciplined by regulators five times, on charges including dangerous overuse of anesthesia. A third devotes his practice to

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Romania medical and health tourism growing

Romania is promoting health tourism, while medical tourism is bringing a much-needed boost to the economy. The Spa Tourism Employers Association (OPTBR), backed by the National Tourism Association (ANT), has

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Thailand’s medical tourism affected by army coup

On the morning of 20 May, the chief of the Royal Thai Army declared martial law across the whole of Thailand. There is an increased military presence and soldiers have

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