Archive for March 11th, 2013
When Medical Tourism Becomes A Cultural Phenomenon
The term medical tourism was coined by Americans about a decade ago when there was a surge in the number of US citizens travelling overseas in search of lower medical cost for cosmetic and other major surgical procedures in places like India and Mexico where it was believed the cost of these procedures generally cost much less than what it would cost to have the same procedures done in the United States. India especially is often mentioned as a hot spot for medical tourism after it built up a reputation for having a comparable level of advanced medical technology as the US.