Malta: Medical tourism profile
Overview
Inbound medical tourism 2019 | Under 5,000 |
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Tourists 2019 | 2.7 million |
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Population 2021 | 443,000 |
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Malta has a thriving private healthcare system of hospitals and clinics. There are five public hospitals and two private hospitals. Dental care is in private clinics. Most attempts to promote medical tourism have failed and it no longer promotes medical tourism.
Inbound
Medical tourism numbers in
Between 600 and 900 a year says local research that is now several years old. Other sources suggest thousands. In reality, nobody knows.
Outbound
Medical tourism numbers out
According to a 2018 EU report, the number of medical tourists (ONLY those under the EU Cross-Border Healthcare rules) for 2016 was 4.
Environment
Medical tourism promotion
Various government attempts have been costly failures. Malta Tourism no longer promotes medical tourism.