Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Medical Tourism

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Medical Tourism: "When you can fly to India or Thailand and get world class care for 20% of the US cost, saving $80,000 on a heart operation something has to give. That something is US prices for goods and services.

How much longer will it be before some HMOs require someone to fly to India or Thailand for treatment? Better yet will be an HMO that offers reduced prices for those willing to do so. Obviously if you are in an accident and need services immediately there is no choice. But on major dental work or elective procedures, or even scheduled heart transplants, for those in the know it may be foolish to have those procedures performed in the US."

Taiwan for Medical Tourism

Taiwan
MAC welcomes notion of Chinese 'medical' tourism

"The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) expressed welcome yesterday to suggestions by Vice President Annette Lu that Taiwan should promote 'medical tourism' to attract higher-income Chinese tourists and boost the economy.

MAC Chairman Joseph Wu said Lu's suggestions are inspirational and worthy of trying, adding that the MAC is making efforts to allow Chinese tourists to visit Taiwan."

It is often politicians who trumpet the benefits of medical tourism to local authorities but who very often seem to have little idea of the complexities or practicalities that might arise from implementing such a strategy.

Lucknow as Medical Tourism Destination

CDP dream: Let city be info-hub : HindustanTimes.com: "Yes Lucknow can be developed as a knowledge-based city— a city which could be the hub of IT industry in northern India. We have also got the proposal of developing Lucknow as a centre of medical tourism in India as the city has leading medical institutions like SGPGI, KGMU and best scientific institutions, laboratories, drug research centres. As far as IT is concerned, the city has good knowledge base in the form of institutions preparing computer experts. We have included all these proposals in our vision document of city,” said Tewari.

Any day and another Indian city district plans to become a major medical tourism destination. Votes anyone?