Costa Rica Medical Tourism

In the last post we discusses about medical tourism in Brazil and continuing the series of popular medical tourism destinations, today we will discuss medical tourism in Costa Rica along with quality of health care in Costa Rica.

Biggest advantage of choosing Costa Rica as a medical tourism destination is that the country is easily accessible from US & Canada, there are frequent flights available. Also visa is not required to travel to Costa Rica, only a valid passport is required. Private hospitals are accredited here and most surgeons are educated in US. Apart from this Costa Rica is a tourists attraction also thus a medical tourist has the benefit of medical care and holiday abroad, still end up saving money if compared with treatment in home country. Though Spanish is largely spoken language, doctors and medical staff is fluent in English and language will not be problem at all.

Medical Tourism in Brazil - Brazil Medical Tourism

Medical tourism in Brazil is growing slowly. Brazil like other medical tourism destinations offers low cost medical treatment due to lower value of Brazilian currency against US dollar. Lower cost of living is also a major contributor in this.

The health care system in Brazil is one of the largest in worlds compromising of more than 16000 health clinics, hospitals, and medical centers. According to an estimate by Brazil health care country consist of around 2 lakh health care professionals. Most popular procedure among medical tourists visiting Brazil includes cosmetic and plastic surgery. If you are looking for cosmetic or plastic surgery, abroad then Brazil is one of the best and cheapest option for you to consider.

Quality of health care system in Brazil can be realized from the fact that you can find JCI and JCAHO accredited hospital in Brazil. You can also enjoy some of the natural wonders in Brazil.

Top Medical Tourism Destinations - Popular & Affordable

I thought why not begin with an introduction to the leading medical tourism destinations in the world. Today medical tourism industry is growing very fast and has become a million dollar industry with number of medical tourists growing year by year. Due to the financial benefits of medical tourism a lots on countries and spending to market medical tourism. However not every country is fit for medical tourism. Lots of factors come into play while choosing a medical tourism destination (I will write about these factors later). Main factors while going abroad for treatment include:

• Is country safe to travel
• Does travel expense compromise the cost savings
• Countries medical infrastructure
  
• Hospitals accreditation
• Surgeons experience
• Climate etc...

So according to a variety of parameters countries listed below qualify for the top medical tourism destinations of the world:

1. Brazil
2. Costa Rica
3. Hungary
4. India
5. Malaysia
6. Mexico
7. Singapore
8. South Korea
9. Thailand
10. Turkey
11. Spain
12. Belgium
13. Panama

I will post about medical tourism conditions in each country listed above soon.

Medical Tourism Guidance

Medical tourism in on the rise and gven the increase in cost of health care for uninsured people it will increase more rapidly. I've created this blog to help people in getting a pleasurable medical trip abroad. I hope my 2+ years of experience in Medical tourism industry will help many people in getting perfect treatment abroad.