Professional Documents
Culture Documents
of
Medical Tourism Service Providers
I. Introduction
II.Survey Methodology
III.Results
IV.Potential Impacts / Future Research
I. Introduction
The practice of traveling to obtain health care is known
by several different names…
medical tourism medial travel
health tourism health travel
Factor
Percentage of Respondents:
Client’s Health Insurance Covers Treatment Abroad, or Offers Incentives 69% 31% 0%
A. Developing Nations
1. health infrastructure
- built or expanded
- source of foreign investment funds
- tax foreign patients as revenue source for
public health infrastructure
- two-tier system emerges?
2. human capital
- opportunities for advancement domestically
- spillovers into public health
3. local economy effects
- entrepreneurship opportunities
- ground transportation
- lodging
- attractions
- concierge/liaison
- hospital workers spend money
2. insurance companies
- pilot programs
- new products
3. US – Foreign partnerships
4. medical issues / follow up care
- continuity
- communication / records
5. legal issues
- can an insurance company force treatment
abroad?
- Medicare?
- malpractice suits on follow up care?
C. Expanded Survey
To contact me:
Katherine M. Sauer
Metropolitan State College of Denver
ksauer5@mscd.edu
303-556-3037