Barbados Fertility Centre receives JCI seal of approval
Barbados Fertility Centre (BFC) has received the gold seal of approval from Joint Commission International. It has been reaccredited, meaning the clinic has maintained...
New proposals may increase patient mobility in Europe
European Commission proposals to be released next week will increase patient mobility within the EU and give NHS patients access to hospitals across the...
New Australasian medical tourism association
The Australasian Medical and Dental Tourism Association is a new medical tourism association for Australia and New Zealand. It is the first and only...
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...
A Swedish view of medical tourism and cross-border care
The Health Consumer Powerhouse (HCP) monitors and compares healthcare systems among 35 countries, including all EU member states as well as Canada. Using more...
Nigeria spends $1 billion on outbound medical tourism
The Sovereign Investment Authority of Nigeria recently told the World Economic Forum that 30,000 Nigerians spend $1 billion annually on medical tourism. 60% is...
What is the future of medical travel in Europe?
Tourism has been one of the hardest-hit sectors by the pandemic, as governments across the world have imposed severe movement restrictions to slow down...
Correction… The medical tourism industry is nine times smaller than we thought!
Is the medical tourism market really worth $439 billion dollars? Keith Pollard revisits the claims from the Medical Tourism Association (MTA) and sets the...
Costa Rica wellness tourism focus
Costa Rica plans to expand from medical tourism into wellness tourism.
Costa Rica is visited by millions of tourists each year.
Already known as a medical...
US$2,800 average spend per international patient
The Vice President of the Ukrainian Association of Medical Tourism (UAMT), Ihor Torsky, has been quoted in an article in Interfax-Ukraine saying that the...
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