Singapore: Medical tourism profile
Overview
Inbound medical tourism 2019 | 45,000 |
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Outbound medical tourism | Login to view |
Tourists 2019 | 19.1 million |
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Population 2021 | 5.90 million |
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A decade ago Singapore was a top medical tourism destination with ambitious plans for expansion. Now it is an also ran that is losing business every year to competitors.
Inbound
Medical tourism numbers in
The now defunct Singapore Medicine gave figures for inbound medical tourism as:
Outbound
Medical tourism numbers out
A few thousand.
Environment
Medical tourism promotion
The government made a decision to stop marketing medical tourism in 2011, due to a lack of beds.
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Medical tourism news and opinion
- Why Bangladeshis travel overseas
The healthcare system in Bangladesh has undergone significant developments in recent years, and yet thousands of Bangladeshi patients still travel abroad in search of medical
- Medical travel: why we should stop focusing on increased numbers
Medical travel analyst Ian Youngman argues that medical tourism destinations need to stop concentrating on increased numbers. Mainstream tourism countries, including regions and cities in
- South Korea: malpractice review poses risks for medical travel sector
Health minister Cho Kyoo-hong is set to review measures to relieve the burden of medical professionals in South Korea, including possibly enacting a special law