Czech Republic: Medical tourism profile
Overview
Inbound medical tourism 2019 | 20,000 |
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Tourists 2019 | 10.8 million |
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Population 2021 | 10.71 million |
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Healthcare is of a high standard and readily available. Hospitals are mostly in public ownership with an increasing number of small private hospitals and clinics. Most primary healthcare and spas are privately owned.
Inbound
Medical tourism numbers in
The number of foreign patients in the Czech Republic has been rising by 10-15% a year, according to the Health Ministry.
Outbound
Medical tourism numbers out
3,000 people from the Czech Republic went abroad for medical treatment in 2018, a reducing number, claims the Czech Medical Chamber.
Environment
Medical tourism promotion
Czech Tourism promotes health tourism as one of the four main planks of tourism, so it promotes medical tourism for a very wide range of medical services in hospitals, clinics and spa/wellness centres.