The rise of infertility treatment in the UK may be self limiting
One factor that can affect any aspect of medical travel and medical tourism is that the market sector can be a victim of its...
Medical tourism…lessons from the California gold rush
In 1848, gold was discovered in California by John Sutter, a German immigrant. News of the find spread rapidly and thousands arrived in search...
The IMTJ survey revealed some interesting insight into the state of the industry
The recent Medical Tourism Climate Survey conducted by IMTJ for the European Medical Travel Conference 2010 provided an interesting insight into the current state...
Why would a US patient travel to Wales for sinus surgery?
A recent news story on CNN attracted my interest when it featured a US patient who travelled to Wales (in the United Kingdom) for...
How does the US healthcare system stand up against the UK’s?
Caroline Ratner at IMTJ has just published a summary of US reaction to the Obama healthcare reforms from the medical tourism sector, so I...
A new paper highlights the growth of ‘infertility tourism’ in Europe
A recent paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Rome highlights the growth of “infertility...
Is medical tourism on the road to recovery?
Following my outpourings on the “Outlook for Medical Tourism in 2010”, I am pleased to say that I’ve received some positive feedback (always a...
Was 2009 a good year for medical tourism?
Before looking forward to 2010, let's look back and assess where medical tourism is now. So, was 2009 a good year for medical tourism?...
South Korea may be a latecomer but may be the industry’s big winners
South Korea is a country that has come late to the medical tourism game, but it may in the long term become one of...
Budapest’s facilities are second to none, so why is going abroad about cost not...
A recent visit to Budapest, the “dental capital of Europe” made me consider the perception of medical travel. Many people think that if you’re...
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