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Medical Tourism Tips
Initial planning for your health treatnent trip
- Chances of saving by treatment abroad are >90% anytime your US treatment is $6,000 or more. Travel and lodging costs are taken into account.
- Traveling with a companion is better for emotional support, and even financial support because you will always have someone looking out to what is best for you while you’re concerned about your health situation
- A companion could be a family member, a friend, an English-speaker health care travel consultant, hospital staff, English speaker travel agency member, etc…
- Safety: many countries have lower crime rates than the us
- Safety: many hospitals are accredited by the international health commission
- Safety: many international hospitals are accredited by the same accreditation agency that certifies US hospitals.
- Safety: many international physicians studied and received training in the US. Many of them even worked at US hospitals.
- Choose your destination based on the type of treatment you’re seeking. Countries are famous for success at particular type of surgeries or treatment. Example: Dental: Mexico, Puerto Rico. Cardiac: India, Thailand, Malaysia. Cosmetic: Brazil.
- Even though your trip can include leisure time and tourism, your main concern and focus should be about your health, treatment and recovery from the moment you plan on traveling ‘til you come back home healthy.
- Although many hospitals and many countries have legal channels and abide by laws that enforce patients rights and practice audits. If the ability to sue and go through legal fights is a concern of yours, then staying in the US would be a better option.
- Financing your trip and treatment is always an option, many health care travel agencies offer medical loans and credit cards are very common internationally at restaurants, travel agencies, hospitals, hotels, etc...
