Modelling health tourism in Poland

A study has been published on business models in spa tourism enterprises in Poland and makes 10 recommendations that would improve the value proposition...

More health tourists, but lower spend for Turkey

In 2018, Turkey attracted over 0.5m health tourists, but they are spending significantly less on average compared to 2016, according to figures from The...

US private inpatient prices continue to rise

The cost of hospital inpatient services for privately insured individuals in the USA exceeded US$200 billion in 2018 and could hit US$350 billion by...

Integrating US Health Insurance And Healthcare

As health insurers and healthcare integrates in the US, customers are being guided as to where to get treatment. CVS Health is trialling a coordinated...

Six key source countries drive Greek tourism

Greek tourism is heavily dependent on its main markets of Germany, UK, USA, France, Italy and Russia, while five of the country’s 13 regions...

More anti-competitive practice in UK healthcare?

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has recently launched another investigation into suspected anti-competitive arrangements in the private healthcare market in the UK. This...

1.18m foreigners subscribing to South Korea’s health system

The National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) in South Korea has reported that 1.18m foreigners staying in the country now subscribe to its healthcare system,...

India continues to attract Afghan medical travellers

Pakistan has lost Afghan medical tourism trade to India in the last few years due in part to their border management policy, the Ministry...

Medical travel destinations need disaster plans

Many organisations involved in medical tourism think they are only part of their country’s healthcare sector, and are not closely interconnected with tourism. Every...

Turkish health attachés planned for target countries

In 2020, Turkey will set up health attachés in countries it has identified as targets. Although not yet formally announced, these are expected to...