Medical Tourism: International Healthcare Locations and Information: Publications and Documents
Summary
The Medical Tourism publications on Disabled World encompass a range of articles and research papers concerning international healthcare options and considerations. These resources cover topics such as potential complications from plastic surgery abroad, market analysis of the medical tourism industry, locations for overseas retirement, and ethical dilemmas related to seeking healthcare in other countries. Some publications address specific procedures like knee replacements and orthopedic surgeries, while others discuss trends like Americans living abroad and the draw of medical tourism for specific demographics. Readers, including people with disabilities and seniors, may find these publications interesting, useful, and insightful for making informed decisions about healthcare and travel.Searching the Database
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| Title and Description | Ed | Publish Revised |
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| Those Traveling Abroad for Plastic Surgery Can Bring Home Serious Complications Initial medical tourism surgery may be cheap, but can place significant burden on US public health systems when patients return from abroad with complications. | ||
| World Medical Tourism Market is Expected to Reach $143.8 Billion by 2022 Major factors that boost the market growth include, affordability, availability, and accessibility of superior quality healthcare services. | ||
| World Health Tourism Congress to Contribute Towards Global Growth Medical tourism is a rapidly growing global industry with around 30 health care provider countries around the World offering as much as 50% savings to medical travelers. | ||
| Medical Tourism Comes of Age in the United States An estimated 550,000 Americans traveled abroad last year to take care of their medical needs. | ||
| NDM-1 Superbug Risk for Medical Tourism Patients Abroad WHO warns medical tourists about NDM-1, an antibiotic-resistant superbug linked to surgery in India and confirmed in three U.S. patient cases. | ✓ ✓ | |
| Why Bow Legs and Knock Knees Lead to Deforming Arthrosis Bow legs and knock knees are deformities that can lead to knee-joint movement abnormality and result in deforming arthrosis. | ||
| Best Locations to Live and Retire Overseas An ever increasing number of Americans and Europeans are being lured abroad by a lower cost of living and higher quality of life. | ||
| Americans Living Abroad - A Growing Trend More Americans are retiring abroad to locations like Central America. | ||
| Oxinium Knee Replacement - Medical Tourism One of the newest technologies in total knee replacement is called the Oxinium knee replacement joint. | ||
| Global Orthopedic Surgery - Medical Tourism for Health International medical procedures treatments and surgeries abroad are expanding among the American and British healthcare markets. | ||
| US Doctors Traveling Abroad to Treat Medical Tourists U.S doctors to treat patients in International Hospitals of quality standards. | ||
| Medical Tourism Big Draw for Boomers It is estimated that almost half a million US citizens traveled to Europe or Mexico for treatment last year. | ||
| Medical Tourism - Ethical Dilemmas Medical tourism in Latin America needs to be regulated to protect consumers, according to researchers. | ||
| Health and Medical Tourism Cuts Surgery Wait Time At some point you or a loved one will need medical services and medical tourism becomes a life saving option. |
Key: the first check mark indicates the publication carries an editor's note; the second indicates a footnote.
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