Oct 14, 2009 – The Medical Tourism Association has spent a year producing a documentary on Medical Tourism called, “Angels Overseas ~ Costa Rica Edition.” The documentary provides insight into the high quality of healthcare that Americans and traveling patients worldwide can receive when they travel to a foreign country. This documentary is the story, [...]
By Alex Leff SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Dr. Orlando Morales is something of a celebrity at Costa Rica’s University of Medical Science, sauntering through the halls in his white lab coat. On a recent walk, students and faculty greeted him with “Feliz cumpleanos, doctor.” He just turned 68. With the excitement of a young [...]
Recently, the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Facilities (AAAASF) have granted three Costa Rican clinics certification which places them on equal footing with U.S. medical centers. The three clinics, Clinica UNIBE, Dental Sonrisa Para Todos and Cirugia Plastica Pino, were subjected to a six-month review process and their accreditation is hoped to boost Costa [...]
Elizabeth Kunz left her dentist’s office this spring with a mouth full of problems and no way to pay for them. The South Carolina resident went out of her way, literally, to find a solution, which turned out to be in Central America. Her trip to the tropics is part of a health insurance experiment [...]
WHEN Ben Schreiner, a 62-year-old retired Bank of America executive, found out last year he would need surgery for a double hernia, he started evaluating possible doctors and hospitals. But he didn’t look into the medical center in his hometown of Camden, S.C., or the bigger hospitals in nearby Columbia. Instead, his search led him [...]
Mark J. Perry – February 6th, 2009 From The Heartland Institute’s report “International Medical Tourism Is on the Rise“: “More people are engaging in medical tourism because of rising health care prices in the United States, said Greg Scandlen, director of Consumers for Health Care Choices at The Heartland Institute. ‘As more and more people [...]
Question #2: What is the quality of Costa Rica’s healthcare system? The short answer is very good. It might come as a surprise to many, but a year 2000 survey conducted by the WHO (World Health Organization) of its 191 member states healthcare systems ranked Costa Rica 36th. This ranking placed Costa Rica among the [...]
Question #1(part 2): Why would someone from a developed country like the U.S. or Canada go to a developing country like Costa Rica for medical care? Quality! The thirds reason and the biggest driver in the growth of Medical Tourism as an industry is Quality! As discussed previously, Affordability & Accessibility are the reasons why [...]
Question #1: Why would someone from a developed country like the U.S. or Canada go to a developing country like Costa Rica for medical care? There are three principle reasons why individuals would travel to a developing country like Costa Rica for healthcare. Two of the reasons are on the demand side of the equation, [...]
“The closest thing to heaven on earth”, that is how the National Geographic Channel rated Costa Rica in 2008. With its beautiful beaches, numerous volcanoes, and vast tropical jungles among its many natural treasures, Costa Rica has long been considered a paradise. Year after year, tourists from all over the world have flocked to Costa [...]
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