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Longer waiting times in Canada
In 2016, Canadian patients waited longer than ever for medical treatment, finds a new study by the Fraser Institute. A median wait time of...
Routledge Handbook of Health Tourism published
The Routledge Handbook of Health Tourism has been published. The editors are Melanie Smith and László Puczkó. The 458-page book costs £150.
The handbook provides...
International wellness tourism growing faster than domestic
International wellness tourism revenues have been growing at a significantly faster rate than domestic wellness tourism. International/ inbound wellness travel grew at a much...
Cooperation: the key to developing a system of global medical tourism to overcome barriers
There are many issues within the medical tourism industry, that can be overcome with greater communication from all parties. Senior academics from Bowling Green...
Bahrain government reduces medical tourism spend
Bahrain intends to reduce the number of citizens sent for treatment abroad. Bahrain is set to fly medical experts in to the country as...
“A bird of a different feather in the colourful aviary of medical tourism”… But...
An expert described IMTJ as “a bird of a different feather" in the medical tourism industry, but what kind of bird?
That's how a respected...
ISAPS critical of new aesthetic courses in Thailand
ISAPS has condemned Thailand’s medical council for approving a plan to certify short-term courses for aesthetic surgery.
The largest global organisation of aesthetic plastic surgeons...
Taiwan medical tourism helped by increase in non-Chinese patients
Taiwan is getting fewer Chinese medical tourists but more from elsewhere.
The first 9 months of 2016 saw a decline in the number of Chinese...
IMED Hospital Valencia opens soon
Spanish group IMED Hospitales that seeks to attract locals and medical tourists is opening a new hospital in Valencia.
Spanish group IMED Hospitales was set...
South Korea targets Middle East patients
South Korea aims to attract more medical tourists by targeting Middle Eastern patients.
With business from China stable or falling, South Korea is seeking new...
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