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Want more international patients? Then just become an international patient for a day!

Maria Georga, Regional Manager for Treatment Abroad, shares her views on how best to attract international patients. After many years working in the health tourism...

Health trends and predictions for 2018

The shape of the global healthcare market heading into in 2018.As 2017 draws to a close, Aetna International’s Global President of Population Health, Dr...

What is the true state of the medical tourism industry?

IMTJ reflects on the latest trends in medical travel, and provides a roundup of some of the mostly widely read articles of the year...

Medical tourism reviews: What role should they play in selecting a healthcare provider?

What role should online reviews play in selecting a healthcare provider? Online reviews of international doctors are proliferating and there is fierce competition for top...

Agreement reached on reciprocal healthcare for British and EU retirees

An agreement has been reached between the EU and Britain on reciprocal healthcare for retirees. British pensioners who have retired to other EU countries will...

Reflections on the ‘medical tourism’ market

Valorie A. Crooks (Simon Fraser University) Meghann Ormond (Wageningen University) and Ki Nam Jin (Yonsei University) summarise the findings of the 2016 Global Healthcare...

NHS shortcomings driving fertility treatment abroad

Pressure on the NHS budgets and shortages of donors along with high costs are encouraging British patients to seek infertility treatment abroad. In the UK,...

It takes more than two to tango in medical tourism

Irving Stackpole from Stackpole & Associates looks at the challenges faced by Argentina, an emerging destination for medical tourism. International medical travel was the focus...

The European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) – a much misunderstood arrangement

Ian Youngman, author of the upcoming report "Brexit and Insurance" writes the first in a series of articles on the subject. In this article,...

Do you know about the EU Package Travel Directive?

Ian Youngman considers the impact of the EU Package Travel Directive on medical tourism agencies and facilitators. The EU Package Travel Directive (90/314/EEC) protects European...