Medical tourism is a blend of tourism and healthcare as it is all about traveling beyond your national boundaries in order to seek medical treatment. The main motive of medical tourism is to save money on treatments and get the benefits of excellent medical facilities. Medical tourism includes health tourism, wellness tourism, dental, tourism, and spa tourism.
Wellness tourism is broader term in medical tourism, which emphasizes on enhancing the health conditions through alternative, traditional and complimentary healthcare services. Dental tourism is also an integral part of medical tourism, which refers to travelling overseas in order to achieve and maintain the dental health. Spa tourism aims to promote general healthcare and relaxation. It is based on the traditional healing of water as people move to natural hot water springs for relaxation and healing. Further, alternative wellness tourism includes traditional methods of curing and healing. Nowadays, many countries offering traditional methods of healing and curing chronic diseases like cardiovascular disease, metal disorders, joint pain, trauma, and other related problems. Countries like India and Singapore offer ayurveda, yoga and other traditional therapies to their guests in order to make them feel relax and promote health and wellbeing.
In addition to the information on planning for medical tourism, destinations and medical procedures, Dr. Prem’s guidebook on Medical Tourism provides tools for the benefit of the medical tourist. This part includes essential check-lists such […]
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This section highlights over 65 common medical tourism procedures that most patients travel for. Each of the procedures listed will be detailed for individuals to understand. They include the advantages and disadvantages of each treatment,
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Part 4 focuses specifically on the top 50 destinations that act as medical tourism hubs around the world. Based on an extensive research survey conducted by Dr.Prem Jagyasi, 50 key countries were established as being
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Tourism Arrangements from Dr. Prem’s guidebook on Medical Tourism highlights various tourism arrangements to plan for prior to seeking medical care abroad. It is important to remember that even though the destination might offer a
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Chapter 14—The Medical Tourism Facilitator—from Dr. Prem’s guidebook on Medical Tourism describes the role of a facilitator and how they can help patients during the process of medical travel. The chapter highlights the advantages and
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There are enough good reasons to try for medical tourism but one has to introspect deep within before deciding on it. Patients should consider whether or not they enjoy travelling abroad or are able to
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Prem’s guidebook on medical tourism is an initiative to provide a comprehensive source of information for anyone considering medical travel. The book is aimed for consumers, but it also works as a reference guide for
The realm of medical services has expanded its horizon by offering global healthcare at much reasonable rates, so patients worldwide can benefit from it. The escalating growth and popularity of the medical tourism sector demonstrates
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Envisioning the future No dearth of technology or information will ever make a sick person suffer in their native land, when there is some remedy to their illness available, albeit in a remote or distance
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Evolution as industry: The 21st century marked a complete turn of events in the history of medical travel. Remarkable advancements in specialized medical science sowed the seeds of intense competition to grab more medical tourists
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