Medical Tourism

Medical tourism is the most often is for surgeries or similar treatments, though people also travel for dental tourism or fertility tourism. Medical tourism can be defined as the process of traveling outside the country of residence for the purpose of receiving medical care. People with rare conditions may travel to countries where the treatment is better understood. Originally, the term referred to the travel of patients from less-developed countries to developed nations in pursuit of the treatments not available in their homeland. However, almost all types of health care are available, including psychiatry, alternative medicine, convalescent care, and even burial services. It’s estimated that thousands of US residents travel abroad for care each year. Many factors influence the decision to seek medical care overseas. Then Some people travel for care because treatment is cheaper in another country.

                     Medical tourism refers to traveling to another country for medical care. It’s estimated that thousands of US and residents travel abroad for care each year. Many factors influence the decision to seek medical care overseas.  Some people travel for care because treatment is cheaper in another country. Today we are experiencing both qualitative and quantitative shifts in patient mobility, as people travel from richer to less-developed countries in order to access health services. Such shift is mostly driven by the relative low-cost of treatments in less developed nations, the availability of inexpensive flights and increased marketing and online consumer information about the availability of medical services.

                      There are many components of the service quality in the health care sector technical or mechanical quality and the serviceable or functional quality. Technical equipment is at the core of the patients' diagnostic algorithm, while the functional quality is measured by the service offered in the healthcare centres (such as the services of staffs, nurses and, most importantly, the doctors towards the patient and their assistants). Then service quality in medical tourism industry is a vital part in attracting customers. For some medical tourist destinations, attempts are being made to promote the cultural, heritage and recreational opportunities. It is a likely that for some treatments the vacation and convalescence functions will be more marginal, for others it could be a significant component of consumer decision-making.

                           The health tourismin Europe has tended to be based around spas and seawater treatments, mainly because of the large numbers of thermal and mineral springs and sea coasts, but modern medical tourism or as it also being called health tourism nowadays usually refers to people, who travel abroad to get specialized healthcare. Fortunately, in the past years more and more people around the world learn about medical tourism as it is one of the quickly developing parts of tourism industry nowadays. Then International healthcare accreditation is the process of certifying a level of quality for healthcare providers and programs across multiple countries. International healthcare accreditation organizations certify a wide range of healthcare programs such as hospitals, primary care centres, medical transport, and ambulatory care services. There are a number of accreditation schemes available based in a number of different countries around the world. For more.......