by Denise

What do you think would be your first thought if you were told you needed knee surgery, a hip replacement, or reconstructive plastic surgery as a result of a mastectomy?  You’re right, in most cases, the first question, spoken or not, is “How much is this going to cost?”

Unfortunately, large numbers of individuals in the United States don’t have  health insurance plans that help cover the costs of major surgeries. Finding options for cosmetic plastic surgery, cancer treatment, skin treatments, and orthopedic surgery may lead consumers to foreign medical destinations that provide excellent though more affordable medical care and procedures.

Increasing numbers of individuals around the world are traveling to foreign destinations for affordable healthcare. Health and wellness tourism has taken hold in the 21st century as a viable, effective, and affordable option for medical care in a variety of fields, from obesity and weight loss treatments to stem cell treatments and technologies.

Gone are the days when medical travelers scoffed at cheaper surgical procedures found only in third world countries. Today, world-class, state-of-the-art and high-tech facilities, surgeons and physicians are found throughout the world, in Costa Rica, Mexico, Argentina, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, and South Africa, the Middle East, and Central Europe.

The future of health and wellness technologies is indeed borderless, and offers citizens from countries throughout the globe access to the best, the most experienced, and innovative technological treatments, procedures and surgeries.

PlacidWay is a major medical provider for such services, providing consumer information and resources and access to the best for your care.

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by Denise

If you could travel anywhere in the world you could, where would you go?  The white, sandy beaches of Cancun, Mexico or to the heart of civilization in Istanbul, Turkey? Would you prefer a safari in South Africa or the best in deep sea fishing and snorkeling in Costa Rica?

Now, ask yourself another question. If you could receive world-class, quality and affordable medical care in one of those destinations, would you go? Today, individuals from around the world are crossing borders for medical care. Call it what you will; medical travel, medical tourism, medical vacations, they all offer individual’s personal choice in health care, health and wellness technologies, and options.

Some of the best health centers in Mexico offer clinics in Costa Rica, surgeons in Mexicali, or medical treatment in Panama. From dental care to stem cell therapies, Latin America has become a leader in dental care, cosmetic and plastic reconstructive surgical procedures, from noninvasive plastic surgery to the best dental care treatment and cosmetic dentistry.

Surgery in Turkey, doctors in Istanbul and cost of treatment in Istanbul has been drawing western Europeans for years, and Americans are finding out that facilities like the Florence Nightingale Hospital offers internationally recognized and advanced medical technologies from vascular diseases to cardiac care to orthopedics.

Health care organizations, facilities, and medical groups understand that consumers today are seeking personal choices in cancer treatment, affordable dental treatment, fertility procedures, health check systems, cardiac bypass surgery, to orthopedic hip resurfacing. Consumers seeking stem cell treatments or stem cell based therapy want options. Medical care in the 21st century offers opportunities, options and choices for all.

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by Denise

According to the University of Delaware, medical tourism as a health care product will continue to grow in the new decade. While some believe that medical care abroad is inferior, the reality is that hospitals and clinics that specifically cater to medical tourists are among the best in the world, with accreditation, certification, and staff, physicians and surgeons trained in major medical centers and universities throughout the United States and Europe.

A mere decade ago, medical tourism was a hardly recognized term while today, nearly 250,000 individuals from the Middle East visit Singapore while 1/2 million international travelers and patients will visit India for medical care, up from 150,000 in 2002.

Baby boomers, those individuals born between 1946 and 1964, will be in the forefront of change in healthcare delivery. According to studies and research performed by the University of Delaware, 220 million boomers in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and Canada will be seeking affordable, high quality, effective and efficient medical care abroad by 2015.

Southeast Asia continues to be a leader in providing excellent and affordable medical care, but the Middle East, Central Europe, and Latin American countries are close behind. India medical facilities are known for orthopedic care such as knee or hip replacement, cardiac care such as open heart surgery and pediatric heart surgery, as well as cancer therapies including bone marrow transplant. Indian clinics and hospital facilities are outfitted with high-tech and state of the art medical diagnostic and electronic equipment, and its pharmaceutical companies meet requirements of the United States Food and Drug Administration.

Medical tourism has grown into a respected, viable and logical solution to patients abroad seeking affordable procedures while maintaining high standards of quality and care.

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by Denise

PlacidWay, an international medical tourism portal based in Denver, Colorado, is a growing leader in the health and wellness industry offering online information, data and resources regarding international medical providers, physicians, surgeons and facilities around the globe, from South Africa to Costa Rica and from South Korea to Thailand or from Croatia and Turkey to Switzerland.

 

PlacidWay encourages medical patients, no matter where they’re from or where they’re going, to always take the time to ask questions of a medical provider, whether they’re seeking treatment for a common flu or obtaining cosmetic surgery or a cardiac transplant.

 

Patients tend to hesitate when it comes time to ask a doctor or surgeon or facility about their training and experience, as well as outcomes to surgeries, but doing so is important. We ask about our children’s teachers, their day care providers and we grill the auto mechanic, but for some reason, we’re hesitant to ask questions of our doctors.

 

When seeking medical services or physicians medical consumers should ask important questions from the a patient’s point of view. Such as:

 

·         How will the medical practice, facility or service best meet my need?

·         Why will I benefit from your specific service or facility?

·         Does your service provide viable, effective and successful treatments?

·         Does the physician, surgeon or facility provide adequate feedback or proof?

·         Is the doctor/facility certified or accredited by national or international accrediting organizations?

·         Does the doctor/facility offer affordable medical care and solutions to patients?

 

Those are just the basics - don’t hesitate to ask any question that comes to mind before choosing any medical provider, at home or abroad. After all, it’s your body and your health.

 

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by Denise

Years of war have literally destroyed Iraqis once world-renowned healthcare system. Iraqis healthcare system used to be considered one of the best in the region, but today, millions of Iraqis suffer from respiratory infections, formerly preventable diseases such as measles, and malnutrition.

Because of the dire situation in Iraq, millions of Iraqis are scrambling and saving to travel to foreign destinations for quality and affordable medical care. One of the most popular destinations for Iraqis is India. Iraqis are patient as possible while they wait for passports and travel permits to venture beyond their war-ravaged borders for healthcare. Children and adults requiring surgeries are able to receive affordable care in India for conditions in cardiac, orthopedic, vision and dental care, making any and all sacrifices more than worth the effort.

PlacidWay, a growing and popular United States-based health and wellness website offering information and resources for medical travel, health tourism and medical vacation packages has dedicated themselves to providing up-to-date, informative and reliable information regarding a multitude of medical treatment facilities throughout India. Indian hospitals, Mumbai health centers, doctors in Delhi, and clinics in India are made available to consumers accessing the PlacidWay website for information regarding treatments, treatment facilities, and excellently trained and experienced Indian doctors and surgeons and others throughout the globe.

Medical tourism in India is growing,  with some of the best doctors in India and Indian hospitals offering treatments in everything from cancer care to  eye and LASIK surgical procedures, dentistry and orthopedics, fertility treatments and cardiac surgeries. Facilities such as Artemis Hospital in New Delhi and the Madras Joint Replacement Center in Chennai are just a couple of the multiple superlative and accredited facilities found in India.

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by Denise

Why are so many people venturing abroad for their medical care? Why are expatriates returning to their homelands for medical care and treatment? Rising healthcare costs, uncertainty regarding Health Care reforms, and long wait times as well as limited options when it comes to techniques, methods and procedures to treat a wide variety of medical conditions that range from obesity and bariatric surgery to breast augmentation to sports training and rehabilitation, prompts individuals from around the world to travel abroad for their health care needs.

Expatriates from Japan, Thailand, Korea, and China are traveling to world-class facilities such as South Korea’s Wooridul Spine Care Hospital, while Albanians, Russians, Armenians, Georgians and those from Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan are traveling to facilities in Croatia and Turkey.  North Americans are traveling to Mexico and South America in ever increasing numbers to receive affordable and quality cosmetic and plastic surgeon procedures, weight loss treatments, obesity and bariatric surgery treatments and dental care.

Citizens from France, England, Germany, Norway and Sweden are traveling to central European countries such as Poland, and Hungary for affordable medical care while South Africans increasingly travel to destinations such as India, Malaysia and Singapore for superlative, available, effective and affordable medical treatment.

This growing trend in International Medical Care, promoted by the Medical Tourism Board and Ministries of Health as well as medical tourism portals such as PlacidWay offer international patients a true choice in their healthcare options. Affordability, availability, quality, and effective care is available in medical fields from stem cell research and development to the latest in cardiac surgical procedures.

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by Denise

Would you be surprised to find out that most of the cutting edge technologies, developments, procedures and surgeries are not developed in the United States?  Do you remember the first successful heart transplant?  It didn’t occur in the United States, but Cape Town, South Africa in the late 1960s. Since then, cardiac transplantation is in the top five most commonly performed organ transplants in the United States. South Korea’s scientists are among the leaders in stem cell research, as is stem cell research development in Japan and other Asian countries. Laser assisted vision correction, also known as LASIK, was pioneered in Germany in the mid 1980s, but was not available in the United States until the mid 1990s.

Why does it take so long for treatments and procedures to be accepted in the United States? Most commonly, because most procedures, medications, and medical protocols need to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). While the safety of such technologies and drugs are essential, individuals seeking the benefits of stem cell research must travel to Mexico, Asia, Europe or Central Europe for treatment.

The growing trend in medical tourism is caused by an increasing dissatisfaction with the healthcare system in the United States, as well as Britain and Canada.  Medical procedures in orthopedics, cardiac care or cardiology, obesity, and degenerative diseases are being studied, researched and treatments developed in locations such as EmCell, located in Kiev, Ukraine, ProgenCell, located in Tijuana, Mexico, and Integra Medical Center, located in Tamps, Mexico, just south of the Texas border.

Until such procedures are placed on the fast track within the FDA, travelers from the United States will be venturing to destinations such as Singapore, Thailand, South Korea, Mexico, and Central European destinations for immediate and effective, affordable medical care.

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by Denise

According to the World Medical Tourism and Global Health Congress, the coming years will see nearly 17,000,000 Americans venturing beyond domestic borders for medical and healthcare in India, Thailand, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Croatia, Russia, Armenia and dozens of other international destinations with growing reputations for providing some of the best medical and surgical care in the world.

 

International travelers heading to medical spa facilities and treatment centers may enjoy the benefits of:

 

·         Acupuncture

·         Biofeedback

·         Homeopathy

·         Cosmetic Treatments

* Botox injections

* Hair removal

* Chemical peels

* Laser skin treatments

* Dermabrasion

* Dermal fillers

* Anti aging and skin rejuvenation treatments

·         Wellness Treatments

* Executive Health Screening

·         Cosmetic Dental Services

* Teeth Whitening

Popular anti aging therapies, techniques and procedures include cosmetic and plastic surgeries, human growth hormone products, fat transfers, antiaging skin care products, antiaging medications and stem cell (rejuvenation and regeneration therapies)

 

Facilities such as Medical Poland in Bydgoszcz, Poland offer a plethora of cosmetic/plastic surgery treatments, a best radiology center and affordable medical treatment in Poland. Trident, in Rovinj, Croatia, offers the best in esthetic dentistry and Terme Selce is a world renowned medical spa that offers a stress management center Croatia is proud of.

 

International travelers may enjoy quality health care and precision at affordable prices and these days, who doesn’t need better prices? Foreign destinations offer consumers a choice of where they receive medical care, a truly borderless option for medical care now, and in the future.

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by Denise

These days, because of the economy and rising health care costs, more baby boomers than ever before are going to be venturing beyond domestic borders to obtain healthcare as well as medical treatments in the field of orthopedics, such as hip replacements, hip resurfacing, knee surgeries as well as anti-aging and age management procedures and techniques in cosmetic and plastic surgery.

Baby boomers are considered to be those who were born between 1946 and 1964. By 2011, many baby boomers will be reaching the age of 65, and increasing the percentage of the US population that 65 or older. Today, the population of individuals over 65 is roughly 17%, but in just a few years, that figure rises to 26%. According to research data, there’ll be 75 million baby boomers who need affordable medical care by the year 2010. These individuals will become the future of healthcare and growing trends toward health and wellness tourism for this group of individuals is on the rise.

Baby boomers, for the most part, are health conscious, educated, and aware of the potential possibilities of international medical care and aren’t afraid to ask questions or perform research on who can perform the best surgical procedures or offer quality treatments for affordable costs. These days, boomers, more than any other age demographic are carefully watching their money, and no one wants to have to choose between health care in groceries.

Affordable heart surgery, cancer treatment abroad, cosmetic surgery abroad, and health tourism abroad in fields such as dental, vision, cardiac and stem cell treatments are in demand. Locations such as Argentina, India, Thailand, Latin America and central Europe are growing more popular by the year. Boomers know this, and are acting on it.

The baby boomers are going to literally change the face of medical care in the very near future as the demand for excellence, quality and state-of-the-art technology, techniques and procedures increases.

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by Denise

Individuals from around the globe, including Americans, Iraqis, Nigerians, Canadians and Australians, just to name a few, seeking affordable medical care beyond domestic borders is growing drastically. Global market trends for medical tourism and health and wellness tourism are creating a booming, and profitable medical tourism business.

Increasing costs of health care as well as overburdened public healthcare systems are creating a heightened demand for affordable surgery abroad in a multitude of fields, including bariatric, weight loss and obesity surgical procedures providers, cosmetic and plastic surgery procedures, cardiac care, fertility treatments, orthopedic surgery, vision care, and dental care. In many locations, the unavailability of quality care in local geographic areas is encouraging individuals to seek alternatives as well as expertise and experience in medical destination locations such as India, Thailand, South Africa, Latin America, and Central European countries such as Turkey, Croatia, the Ukraine and Germany.

Individuals looking for unique programs or alternative or integrative medicine such as stem cell therapy, alternative cancer treatments, and wellness programs look for excellence, customer intimacy, and healthcare leadership in affordable clinics, hospitals and outpatient care facilities in locations such as Zagreb Croatia, Mexicali Mexico, Buenos Aires Argentina, Mumbai India, Bangkok Thailand, and Cape Town South Africa, just to name a few.

When it comes to uniqueness, quality, customization and convenience, millions of Americans and other international travelers are becoming international medical patients, the new trend in health, medical, and wellness care around the globe.

PlacidWay, a health and wellness resource provider, offers that connection is a comprehensive web portal that showcases renowned healthcare specialists, full service guided medical tours, and top medical centers in the world.

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