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Medical Tourism is when a person travels outside their usual environment, to seek medical service, the travel portion of the trip travel is called “medical travel.” Healthcare is in transformation. Medical Tourism is part of what is triggering this transformation. Why do patient travel for Medical services? What are the key factors driving this industry?
Five Key Drivers of Medical Tourism:
- Technology: Technological improvements drive medical tourism, in the medical industry patients are seeking improvements in the quality of services they receive.
- Cost: Some insurers and large employers have been developing alliances with hospitals as a means to control healthcare costs. The practice of medical travel will ultimately make for a better health care system. Competition is good, especially if you're competing on the basis of quality and price, not either-or.
- Need: The emergence of the new consumer needs, like avoiding waiting queues to get medical treatment or the possibility to have the latest medical treatment, requires new solutions which are not available in consumer’s home town or region. So, need is another driving factor.
- Change: Hospitals are adopting the more luxury hotel concept rather than a traditional unexciting general wards. After the surgical procedure, there is the opportunity to engage in attractive tourism, which is certainly a better change for patient.
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