Ian Youngman is producing a new set of country specific reports, first up, South Korea

Ian Youngman, author of the 760 page “Medical Tourism 2008 – The World-Wide Business Guide”, is producing a new series of country-specific reports, going into much greater detail than is possible in the world overview.

The first report in the Emerging Medical Tourism Countries series is now available; South Korea 2008

This will be followed by Taiwan, China and Hong Kong, Costa Rica, The Philippines, Mexico, Israel, and Malaysia.

South Korea was chosen as the first country as, almost unknown a year ago, it is being very active and targeting specific markets.

These unique reports investigate from a business perspective what is happening and will happen in all types of medical and health tourism in individual countries. They are not consumer guides.

CONTENTS

• Introduction
• The country / Entry requirements / Medical visas / Healthcare
• Health insurance / Medical tourism background / Numbers in / Targets
• Where medical travellers come from / Targeted travellers
• Information sites in Korea / Other bodies promoting medical tourism
• Medical travel agencies based in Korea /
• Overseas medical travel agencies offering Korea as a destination
• Overseas medical travel agencies considering Korea
• Overseas medical travel agencies with offices in Korea
• Travel agencies offering Korea as a medical destination
• Hospitals with JCI accreditation / Hospitals seeking JCI accreditation
• Other CKMOP members seeking international patients
• Other medical facilities seeking international patients
• New hospitals targeting foreigners / Korea in China
• Korea in Japan / Korea in Malaysia
• Korea in USA / Promotion and marketing
• Treatments / Advantages of South Korea
• Challenges for South Korea / Medical tourism conference
• Histostem / What else is planned / What Medical Tourism is
• Cost comparisons / Americans without health insurance
• Business travellers / Expatriates
• IMTA / JCI / MTA / Medical travel agencies
• Insurance / Conclusions

Ian Youngman comments, “There are many new countries seeking medical travellers. Those with a high profile are not necessarily those that will have the most impact. I have chosen countries with long- term potential for success. South Korea is underrated and under-estimated by its competitors.”

Ian Youngman is a specialist writer/ researcher and publisher of business reports and books, who writes regularly on the business of medical tourism for magazines and websites.