About Medical Tourism

Medical Tourism has become one of the latest health care options, majority of the medical tourist community travel over seas because of the growing medical costs in developed countries, lack of health insurance for some of the people. People world wide travel to India, Mexico, Thailand, Singapore, Brazil, Panama, Turkey, Costa Rica to avail the world class health care at a fraction of the cost in their home country. Medical Services range from elective procedures like cosmetic surgeries,dental procedures to complex procedures like heart surgeries. Some people take the opportunity to explore the culture of the country they are visiting thus the name tourism.

Some times, sheer non availability of the services in the place where one lives can also be a very strong reason for Medical Tourism.

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Medical Tourism Destinations

Following are some of the most popular destinations for medical tourism

• India - With lot of world class hospitals spreaded across many cities, it has become popular destinations for complex medical treatments for heart, cancer, obsesity, joint replacements and many other specialties.



• Thailand - Thailand's famous hospitals offer the treatments for patients from all over the world. Currently Thailand is the most popular destination for medical tourists.



• Mexico - Being the next door neighbour to U.S.A is the biggest advantage for U.S patients needing medical care at some of the world class hospitals.



• Brazil



• Singapore



• Malaysia



• South Korea



• Philippines



• Costarica

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Medical Tourism Facilitators

Most of the patients and also insurance companies prefer to take help of Medical Tourism Facilitators. These facilitators help patients in travelling to a medical tourism destination of patient's choice. Please find a list of such service providers for your convenience. Most of these companies provide services for variety of treatments in many medical tourism destinations.

Service Provider	Medical Tourism Destinations
Healthbase 287 Auburn St , Newton, MA 02466, U.S.A Ph# 1-888-691-4584 Ph# 1-617-418-3436	India, Singapore, Thailand, Mexico, Belgium, Turkey, more..
Medvoy 600 17th street , 2800 south, Denver, Co, U.S.A Ph# 1-720-771-6760	India, Jordan, Malaysia, South Korea, Mexico, Peru, Spain, Australia
Placid Way	India, Singapore, Thailand, Mexico, Belgium, Turkey, more..
Boomer Health Travel Denver, Co, U.S.A Ph# 1-800-466-9502
Companion Global Health Care Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.A	India, Thailand, South Korea, Spain, Turkey
Indus Health 7413 Six Forks Rd, #362Raleigh, NC 27615, U.S.A Ph# 1-800- 779-1314	India
Angeles health International 333 H Street, 5th Floor, Suite 5011, Chula Vista, CA 91910, U.S.A Ph# 1-866-668-9263	Mexico
Global Med Network 5823 Middlebelt Road, Suite 100, Garden City, MI Ph# 1-877-466-6389	India, Thailand, Mexico, Brazil
Med Retreat 2042 Laurel Valley Drive, Vernon Hills, IL 60061 Ph# 1-443-451-9996	India, Malaysia, Brazil, Argentina, Costa Rica, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey
Ageless Wonders Panama PO Box 832-0786, Panama city, Marbella, Flamenco Bldg., No. 2-B , Rep. of Panama Ph# 507 832 7289	Panama
Alliance of Worldwide Medical Partners 10800 Biscayne Blvd Suite 201, 1 Miami, FL, U.S.A Ph# 1-305-891-2199	Columbia, Mexico, Costa Rica, Norway, Germany, Turkey
Buenos Aires Partners Olga Cossettini 1660, Suite 309, (1107) C.A.B.A. Buenos Aires – Argentina Ph# 312-212-3939	Argentina
Canadian Healthcare International 30 Centurian Drive, Suite 100, L3R 8B8 Markham, Canada Ph# 905-513-3647	Canada
Global Health Travel Cassandra Italia, 80A O'Shannassy Street, Sunbury, VIC 3429 Australia Ph# 613-9744-5872	Australia
Global Surgery Network 284 South Main Street Suite 1000, Alpharetta, GA 30009 U.S.A Ph# 1-770-475-4100	Costarica, Panama
Health & Leisure 9th Floor Ayala Life-FGU Center, Ayala Avenue, Makati City 1226 Philippines	Philippines
Patients without Borders 304 Newbury Street , Suite 364, Boston, MA – 02115, U.S.A Ph# 1-800-290-0197	India, Malaysia, Argentina, Costa Rica, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey
Treatment Abroad Intuition Communication Ltd 3 Churchgates Wilderness Berkhamsted Herts HP4 2UB	Too many to list, visit their site
Medtral New Zealand PO Box 99-894, Newmarket Auckland 1149, New Zealand Ph# 1-866-206-3582	New Zealand

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Cost Comparison

Below is a list of approximate costs in U.S dollars for some of the medical procedures, these are just for getting an idea, please contact the respective hospital or medical tourism facilitator to get a better estimate.

Treatment for	COSTARICA	INDIA	MEXICO	THAILAND	SINGAPORE	U.S.A
Angioplasty	11,000	10,500	16,500	14,500	14,500	61,500
Heart By Pass	29,000	11,000	26,500	13,000	22,500	127,000
Heart Valve	18,000	12,000	21,500	11,500	15,500	170,000
Hip Replacement	13,500	10,500	17,000	13,000	13,500	44,500
Hysterectomy	5,000	5,000	7,000	5,000	7,000	20,000
IVF	No Data	5,000	No Data	No Data	9,500	14,000
Masectomy	No Data	9,000	No Data	10,000	14,500	24,000

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Things to Consider

Traveling to another country or continent for medical procedure is not an easy decision to make. We hope resources available at TourNCare help you to make an informed decision . Following is the list of things that you may want to consider

• Discuss with your family and well wishers about the options that you are considering



• Research all your options. Read about the patients testimonials who received health care especially for the similar medical procedures that you want to avail.



• Make calls to some of the hospitals to find out about the infection rates in their hospital, besides the success rate for the procedure that you are considering, if you are using a service provider as intermediary, ask him these questions.



• Talk to the people who know about the cities that you are considering



• Understand about the seasonal outbreaks of any diseases in the countries you are visiting.



• Take climate conditions of the city in to account at the time of the travel



• Most of the hospitals have international patient departments to help



• Make sure that you have at least one family member to assist you and provide emotional support



• Try to enjoy the local attractions while you are there



• Consider taking help of an experienced medical tourism service company. This may ease you from worries like getting visa, getting appointment with hospitals etc



• Connections always help, try to talk to a friend who has either connections in the country you are visiting to get any local contacts, should you need any help.

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How can TourNCare Help

• Search for the hospital by specialty you are interested in a country.



• Send the search results



• Find how others who received care, rated the hospitals for this specialty.



• Participate in the Medical Tourist community discussions to find out the details, ask any questions or share your experience.



• Rate the services of hospital At Tour N Care we like to help you provide information necessary before you take this difficult decision. Please utilize the information available on this site and please provide with any suggestion to improve the information available or make it easy to use to feedback@tourncare.com

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