New Global Business Report On Medical Tourism

PRLog (Press Release) – Nov 26, 2007 – This unique report investigates from a business perspective what is happening and will happen worldwide in all types of medical and health tourism.

The report asks  
Why is it happening?  
Where is demand coming from?
Where are people going?
Who is offering or planning to offer services?
What is the relationship to insurance?
Who are the top countries now?
Who will be the top countries in 2012?
Are there problems?

Medical tourism is one of the fastest growing world business sectors
There is a vast amount of misinformation about
It includes health and wellness tourism.
Insurers can no longer ignore it.
Many countries tourism income increasingly depends on it.
There is a mushrooming of unregulated intermediaries.
It has an effect on national and international healthcare.
An increasing number of government and state agencies are involved.

The electronic report has seven PDF modules. The Country modules profile 96 countries. There are separate modules for Asia, Americas, Middle East, Europe, and Africa/Australasia. The Agencies and Information websites module covers over 400 sites. The Background module includes Statistics, Customers, Types of treatment, Associations. Accreditation, Intermediaries, Insurance, Problem areas and much more.

Ian Youngman comments “ Since starting to write on medical tourism and travel it has become clear that while there are lots of websites and a few books aimed at customers, and a handful of academic publications, what information there is for businesses and other organizations is scattered, often contradictory, and frequently spun in favour of a particular country. This aims to provide an unbiased detailed overview of what is happening and will happen in this increasingly important industry.”