Medical Travel - 3 Simple Steps to Getting Quality Orthopedic Care

With healthcare costs skyrocketing, more and more Americans - both insured and uninsured - are looking for quality care outside of the U.S. State-of-the-art hospitals abroad offer the latest cutting-edge procedures performed in the U.S. including orthopedic procedures such as knee or hip replacement surgery. International hospitals also offer U.S. patients the benefit of providing procedures not yet available in the U.S., such as and lumbar dynamic stabilization procedure for the spine, a non-invasive alternative to the common, more drastic...

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Medical Travel - bisogno di prendere precauzioni

There are fewer regulations, regarding health in India, applicable to foreign tourists. These regulations are more of the nature of prevention than anything else. * Website WHO for international travellers. * WHO India Yellow fever Any person (including infants) arriving by air or sea without a certificate may be detained incommunicado for up to 6 days if arriving within six days of leaving an infected area or in an area so in transit or came from an aircraft that has been in an infected area and has not been disinfected in accordance with...

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Medical Travel - Do's and Don'ts

Medical travel has been a rapidly growing trend in the healthcare industry. With the ever increasing cost of medical treatment and the long waiting time in the developed nations, more and more people are willing to cross the borders to get treated. Some of the major factors influencing the growth of medical tourism are: 1. Lower cost of treatment 2. Highly skilled doctors 3. No wait time 4. State of the art technology 5. Modern facilities Even though there are many advantages to medical tourism, there are some concerns as well. In this...

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Medical Travel - How to Plan For the Return Home

After having surgery in Mexico, the last thing a patient should be worrying about is the logistics of your recovery. The key to successful health travel is planning. The patient needs to know exactly where he or she will be every step of the way before ever getting on the plane. Post-operation logistics, hotel or hospital stay arrangements should all be taken care of. But with a little bit of planning, the entire trip can be stress-free, allowing the patient to focus on healing. After Mexico Medical Procedures Whether the patient is having...

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Medical Travel Is Here To Stay

I'm not someone who supports outsourcing most things to other countries. It's not that I'm against other countries sharing the wealth, so to speak. My reasons are twofold.One, I see many jobs performed in America going to other places, and I see how it's hurt our economy. American companies create products elsewhere, then bring them back here to sell for the same money as before, but make bigger profits because they can pay foreign workers less.Two, because the work isn't any better than what Americans can do, and is sometimes more deficient...

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