US health costs help promote medical tourism
Credentialing Resource Center Connection, January 8, 2009
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The combination of rising US health costs and the economic downturn have led more Americans to travel abroad for healthcare, according to a January 4 San Francisco Chronicle article. Although medical tourism is not new, it is a rapidly growing field. According to research by Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, the number of American patients traveling abroad is expected to increase from 750,000 last year to 6 million in 2010, the article stated.
Last year, the American Medical Association issued guidelines to perspective patients traveling abroad advising them to use accredited hospitals, carry their personal medical records, and to research malpractice legal rights, as well as the risks of traveling after a medical procedure.
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