13 Smart Questions and Quick Answers About Medical Tourism

What you need to know before deciding to travel abroad for healthcare

By Josef Woodman
Posted October 1, 2008

1. Is Healthcare Overseas Safe? Interestingly, the friends and family members of patients considering healthcare abroad ask this question more often than do the patients themselves. In fact, at least one friend or family member is virtually guaranteed to balk at the thought of your heading overseas for treatment. Most of these concerns are unfounded. They usually arise either from a lack of knowledge or from cultural myopia.

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Medical Travel Facilitators Medical travel planners call themselves by several names but you will find that most have some variation or combination of common services:
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Recovery Retreats A medical recovery retreat is a facility that is especially set up for recovering from procedures and/or treatments. It's a "half-way house" between the hospital and the hotel. Many are directly linked to a hospital, and part of the patient's medical journey includes "stepping down" from the hospital to the recovery facility.
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Quality of Care
Hospitals In the US, the cost of hospital care has skyrocketed in recent years. Many people who have need of healthcare are either underinsured or uninsured. As a result the medical tourism industry has been created and hospitals around the world have answered the need for quality affordable healthcare.
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Passports & Visas Passports are always an issue when you are planning international travel. The online information for the passport office for the United States can be found at: http://www.state.gov and look for travel and business. If you already have a destination ticket, it might be possible to expedite the passport process by going to one of the 13 regional passport agency offices http://www.travel.state.gov/passport/ about/agencies/agencies_913.html
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Procedures & Treatments For several years now, people have been going overseas to places like Thailand, India, Costa Rica, Brazil and other far-flung locations to save money on surgeries. This practice is known as medical tourism.
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About Restaurants

When you are traveling as a tourist to a country where you do not know the language it can be quite a challenge but when you add to that a surgery or medical treatment, then those challenges may seem overwhelming.

Simple things like getting food would be easier if you knew about a local restaurant which serves the type of food that you like, if it can be delivered to your hotel, and that you can order from someone who speaks your language.

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