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Will insurer apps reduce domestic US medical travel?
A new app has been introduced by US insurer Anthem that will let consumers, including those who don’t have its insurance, schedule and pay...
Could international patient numbers to Australia grow?
Every year or two there is a new story that suggests Australia may be a new destination for medical tourism, and a small number...
Why do Germans travel to Hungary for dental treatment?
Eszter Jopp, CEO of FirstMed Services, and author of a 10 years study report about dental tourism to Hungary recently answered this question, as...
Third US patient death raises concerns
American cosmetic surgeons are warning Americans against traveling abroad for cosmetic surgery following the death of a New York woman who went for an...
Iran’s successful medical tourism sector
From a Western perspective Iran gets a bad press, but it has rapidly become a top ten medical tourism destination, despite the absence of...
Slowing traditional cosmetic surgery, booming non-surgical cosmetic procedures in the UK
More widespread acceptance of cosmetic enhancements such as injectables, together with the influence of social media and relatively low price points for non-cosmetic procedures...
USA sanctions drive Iran’s plan for health tourists
Iran’s 2025 Tourism Vision Plan includes no visas for Chinese nationals, crypto currency, new hotels and health tourism hubs. The urgency is driven by...
Two more American medical tourists die
Headlines about an unusually high number of recent American tourist deaths from accidents, shooting, car crashes, heart attacks, assault and illness in the Dominican...
Fertility clinics lack regulation in the USA
The US$2.1 billion fertility centre industry in the USA is big business. An issue briefer from US law firm Peiffer Wolf has warned of...
75% of trips made by Europeans were domestic, will medical patterns follow?
Eurostat data says that in 2017, 75% of the trips made by Europeans were domestic. Only a quarter of the trips made by Europeans...
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