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What is Medical Tourism?

Medical tourism or medical travel, is the act of traveling to other countries to obtain medical, dental, and/or surgical care. The term was initially coined by travel agencies and the media as a catchall phrase to describe a rapidly growing industry where people travel to other countries to obtain medical care. The leisure aspect of traveling may be included on such a medical travel trip. It includes medical services (inclusive of elective procedure and complex specialized surgeries) like knee/hip replacement, heart surgery, dental procedures and different cosmetic surgeries.

5 Reasons Why Mexican Medical Tourism Is Popular & Why You Should Consider it

1) High cost of health care in North America, the ease and affordability of Mexican travel.
2) The Improvement of technology and standards of care in Mexico.
3) The Convenience in comparision to medical travel is the convenience in comparison to that of other countries.
4 ) Some countries that operate from a Socialist health-care system (Canada, England) are so taxed that it can take a considerable amount of time, to get needed medical care.
5) The time spent waiting for a procedure, such as a hip replacement, can be a year or more in Britain and Canada; however, in Mexico a patient could feasibly have an operation the day after their arrival.

Reasons pushing medical travel include lower healthcare costs as well as the search for medical expertise and safety.

According to research by the University of Delaware publication, UDaily:

“The cost of surgery in Mexico can be one-tenth of what it is in the United States or Western Europe, and sometimes even less. A heart-valve replacement that would cost $150,000 or more in the U.S., for example, goes for $15,000 in Mexico – and that includes round-trip airfare and a brief vacation package. Similarly, a metal-free dental bridge worth $5,500 in the U.S. costs $1,500 in Mexico, a knee replacement in Mexico with six days of physical therapy costs about one-third of what it would in The United States, and Lasik eye surgery worth $3,700 in the U.S. is available in many other countries for only $1,000. Cosmetic surgery savings are even greater: A full face lift that would cost $15,000 in the U.S. runs about $4,500 in Mexico.”