Hi everybody. Here's an interesting article on Medical Tourism I found in Google. My opinion is: don't go abroad for medical procedures unless you're 100% safe with the Medical Tourism Agency referring you to doctors or dentists abroad! And don't accept higher than LOCAL prices and be sure you can choose your own doctor or hospital! Comments are very welcome. Regards from Dick.
MEDICAL TOURISTS: BEWARE !
Medical Tourism also referred to as Health Tourism or Health Outsourcing means traveling to other countries to obtain cheap medical, dental, and surgical care. The exorbitant costs of healthcare in industrialized nations has led to the worldwide popularity of medical tourism. More and more people are traveling abroad as an affordable and enjoyable way to undergo medical, dental, and surgical procedures.
Many Medical Tourism Agencies, most of them located in the US and the UK, promote health treatments abroad on the Internet. All of them have contracts with hospitals, doctors, dentists and clinics. A disadvantage of using the service of medical tourism agencies is that medical facilities abroad usually add 10-20% for commissions payable to the agency that refers the patient. That makes medical treatments more expensive. Moreover patients cannot choose their own doctor or dentist. Usually it's the agency that selects the doctor or a limited group of doctors or facilities the patient can choose from.
Of course there is a "do it yourself" alternative. Some try to find foreign clinics on the Internet without the use of medical agency services. But, researching an entire health industry in foreign countries seems to be time consuming, confusing and could be risky. Despite higher pricing of medical procedures it seems better to take advantage of the experience and expertise Medical Tourism agencies have.
However there is a new Medical Tourism Trend finding its way on the Internet: do it half yourself after the agency has taken care of the other half first. This New and Unique alternative is offered by the companies "Dentist Abroad Inc." ( http://dentist-mexico-costa-rica-thailand-hungary-poland-dentistry.com ) and "Plastic Surgery Abroad Inc." ( http://plastic-surgery-mexico-costa-rica-thailand-india-cosmetic.com ) both operating from Houston Texas. For $15 the companies provide a thoroughly screened exclusive list of plastic surgeons, doctors, hospitals, cosmetic surgery clinics, dental surgeons, and dental clinics abroad including all contact info, complete pricing, years of experience, working procedures, specialty, sub specialty and all necessary background information. Since there are no contracts, the companies don't receive any commissions. This makes treatments 10-20% cheaper and patients have 100% freedom to choose their own doctor or dentist.
"Plastic Surgery Abroad" and "Dentist Abroad" were launched with the aim of assisting people around the world in exploring global healthcare options available to them. The companies created their two websites to help individuals to find medical possibilities and prices abroad that they might otherwise never realize. The address of the companies is: Plastic Surgery Abroad Inc. & Dentist Abroad Inc. 14781 Memorial Drive. Houston, TX 77079. USA.
MEDICAL TOURISTS: BEWARE !
Medical Tourism also referred to as Health Tourism or Health Outsourcing means traveling to other countries to obtain cheap medical, dental, and surgical care. The exorbitant costs of healthcare in industrialized nations has led to the worldwide popularity of medical tourism. More and more people are traveling abroad as an affordable and enjoyable way to undergo medical, dental, and surgical procedures.
Many Medical Tourism Agencies, most of them located in the US and the UK, promote health treatments abroad on the Internet. All of them have contracts with hospitals, doctors, dentists and clinics. A disadvantage of using the service of medical tourism agencies is that medical facilities abroad usually add 10-20% for commissions payable to the agency that refers the patient. That makes medical treatments more expensive. Moreover patients cannot choose their own doctor or dentist. Usually it's the agency that selects the doctor or a limited group of doctors or facilities the patient can choose from.
Of course there is a "do it yourself" alternative. Some try to find foreign clinics on the Internet without the use of medical agency services. But, researching an entire health industry in foreign countries seems to be time consuming, confusing and could be risky. Despite higher pricing of medical procedures it seems better to take advantage of the experience and expertise Medical Tourism agencies have.
However there is a new Medical Tourism Trend finding its way on the Internet: do it half yourself after the agency has taken care of the other half first. This New and Unique alternative is offered by the companies "Dentist Abroad Inc." ( http://dentist-mexico-costa-rica-thailand-hungary-poland-dentistry.com ) and "Plastic Surgery Abroad Inc." ( http://plastic-surgery-mexico-costa-rica-thailand-india-cosmetic.com ) both operating from Houston Texas. For $15 the companies provide a thoroughly screened exclusive list of plastic surgeons, doctors, hospitals, cosmetic surgery clinics, dental surgeons, and dental clinics abroad including all contact info, complete pricing, years of experience, working procedures, specialty, sub specialty and all necessary background information. Since there are no contracts, the companies don't receive any commissions. This makes treatments 10-20% cheaper and patients have 100% freedom to choose their own doctor or dentist.
"Plastic Surgery Abroad" and "Dentist Abroad" were launched with the aim of assisting people around the world in exploring global healthcare options available to them. The companies created their two websites to help individuals to find medical possibilities and prices abroad that they might otherwise never realize. The address of the companies is: Plastic Surgery Abroad Inc. & Dentist Abroad Inc. 14781 Memorial Drive. Houston, TX 77079. USA.
