Private healthcare in South Africa isn’t working
An extensive inquiry into South Africa’s private healthcare market was recently concluded. It was the first ever process in the country that involved gathering...
More focus needed on the patient experience
The latest edition of Health at a Glance 2019 from the OECD says that health expenditure will outpace GDP growth over the next 15...
Kuwait government panel rejects proposal to cancel treatment abroad
According to a brief article in the Kuwait Times, the Rapporteur of the parliament’s health affairs committee MP Saadoun Hammad has said the committee...
China’s medical tourism pilot zone is gaining traction
According to CGTN, there were 68,000 medical tourism visits to China’s only medical tourism pilot zone between January and November in 2019, double the...
CQC finds one in five clinics in England unsafe
The UK’s Care Quality Commission (CQC) has inspected 65 services in England that provide solely cosmetic surgery and/or hair transplant surgery, which represents just...
Compulsory health insurance planned for locals and expats in Bahrain
Bahrain's National Health Insurance Scheme (Sehati) for expats is being brought in late 2020 or early 2021. Expats will be covered by insurance paid...
Malaysian state Sabah plans to develop medical tourism.
The Sabah state government is seeking to enter the medical tourism sector with the help of London-based medical tourism consultants. The government accepts that...
Japan’s integrated casino resorts offer spa and medical travel facilities
Developers are competing for one of three new integrated casino resort licenses inI Japan. In the Southern Japan city of Sasebo, they are promising...
Medical travel market will be worth US$9bn
India's medical tourism market will be worth US$9 billion in 2020 says the latest FICCI report.
The global medical tourism market will be worth US$54...
Report forecasts exponential growth in population health management
A new report from LaingBuisson, in partnership with McGrigor Group, looks at how population health is managed in different countries and regions, and identifies...
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