Plastic Surgery Medical Tourism
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While On Vacation...A new brand of tourist is hitting the airways,
flying to exotic locations to stay in the lap of luxury and
have… plastic surgery? That’s right.
People are flying all over
the world to have plastic surgery done in other countries. These
medical tourists are becoming a whole new source of income for vacation
spots formerly known for sandy beaches or snowy peaks.
Why would you fly halfway
around the world for your new face, tummy tuck or nose job? For people
in countries with socialized medicine, it’s about time. With
traditional surgeries like hip replacements involving a wait of over a
year in countries like Canada and England, elective surgeries are even
harder to come by. Why would you wait that long when you can jet over
to India and get it done the day after you land?
You might think that people
in the United States, a country with great medical conditions,
wouldn’t go for medical tourism. You’d be wrong. In
the United States we pay a premium of our medical care standards. Our
plastic surgeons are some of the best in the world, but a face lift can
run you over $20,000. You can go overseas and get the work for under
$2000, a bargain even with the cost of airfare and a hotel stay added
in.
The three biggest countries
for medical tourism are India, Thailand and South Africa. Even
surgeries as seemingly simple as Lasik eye surgery are cheaper in those
countries. The average cost of Lasik in the United Stated is between
$3000 and $5000 dollars. In India, Thailand and South Africa it is
closer to $700, quite a bargain.
Some people are concerned
that third world countries mean inferior medical care. In many cases,
you’d be right, but not with medical tourism. Countries that
cater to the plastic surgery medical tourists make sure that the
hospitals they have are the best their country has to offer. In many
cases these hospitals have become the best in the world at their
specialty.
India has a unique system
in place for its medical tourism industry, combining research
facilities with hospitals that offer state of the art care. Think
single patient rooms with room service and other vacation quality
amenities, your own personal assistant for the entire recovery period,
four star restaurant quality food and more and you begin to see the
appeal.
Places like Singapore and
Korea are starting to see the appeal of the medical tourism industry as
well. In some places the demand for these services is far outpacing
growth in other sectors, becoming a staple of the local economy.
Thailand’s Bangkok boasts six hospitals catering to medical
tourists in spite of its small size, making the medical industry a
cornerstone of its economy.
How far would you go for
beauty? If you are one of 43 Million Americans without health
insurance, or whose health insurance does not cover elective surgeries
like face lifts, you might go pretty far indeed. If you are under a
socialized medical system, you may be even more keen to look into
medical tourism as a possibility.
Medical
tourism--health care in the global economy.(Trends): An article from:
Physician Executive
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