30 key findings from medical tourism benchmarking research

 03-Nov-16, Mercury Advisory Group 

Terms of Reference can be used to identify tasks, timelines, next steps, budget and resources necessary to achieve the goals and objectives for a national medical tourism project. This list may benefit a medical tourism development strategy.

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Extracts:

• 2. Articulation and cooperation among relevant authorities is a must for any medical tourism destination. Countries such as Singapore, Korea, Malaysia, Turkey, and Lebanon have formed national medical tourism councils or boards.
• 7. Most medical tourism destinations offer transparent pricing for their surgical and diagnostic services, often quoted in the form of packages. Many package descriptions are poorly articulated, ill-defined and ambiguous, and are laden with disclaimers.
• 16. A great number of physicians working in the field of medical tourism at destinations such as India, Singapore, Thailand, Lebanon and UAE, have international credentials or hold US or UK professional qualifications
• 21. Countries such as India, Thailand, and Malaysia have special visas for long-stay medical tourism.
• 27. Countries such as Turkey, Jordan, India, Malaysia, Germany, the USA, and Thailand have managed to build strong ties with international health insurance companies which in turn influence the flow and trust of international patients.

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