Business Report
Author: Ian Youngman, specialist business writer on medical tourism
Published: July 2010
Pages: 200
Report summary: Medical Tourism Research Facts And Figures 2010
‘Medical Tourism Facts and Figures 2010’ is the most detailed and up-to-date guide to trends in global medical tourism. Written by medical tourism specialist, Ian Youngman, it analyses published (and some unpublished) data on actual and potential medical flows in medical tourism, embracing medical tourism in its broadest sense - travel for health checks, elective surgery, dental and cosmetic surgery, and spa/wellness related travel.
Over 130 countries offer, or want to offer medical tourism services. The dynamics of global are changing. As governments review their options to meet growing healthcare demands with limited resources, medical tourism offers the potential for patients to combine cost savings with travel.
Medical tourism offers countries, hospitals and clinics, new sources of business. There are global opportunities for property investors, travel agents, hotels and other services. But many are confused by the exaggerated claims of the pro-medical tourism lobby and the dire warnings of doom and gloom from those who oppose the concept.
Offering a global overview, ‘Medical Tourism Facts and Figures 2010’, is a business report for anyone interested in this industry. It is not a consumer guide, nor a directory. By sifting fact from fiction, it provides a market overview and analysis of available figures and the outlook for the industry. It looks at the major and minor destination countries and the "wannabes".
Report contents
- Introduction
- Medical tourism
- Global view of medical tourism
- Research and information
- Numbers, targets and source
- Guidance from medical bodies
- European healthcare
- USA
- International medical accreditation
- International non-medical certification/accreditation
- International trade bodies
- Country specific medical tourism organizations
- USA healthcare reform
- Medical tourism business
