International patients are flocking to Asia for elective and cosmetic procedures, an increasing pool of patients are getting their ailing heart fixed or have hip replaced in countries such as Singapore and India.
Opportunity cost is a very important issue that has not been addressed in any analysis of savings in medical tourism that you have seen. If a patient has surgery in their own hometown, their spouse might miss a day or two of work. But a trip to a foreign country may well result in prolonged unpaid absence from fruitful employment. Furthermore, if a patient and partner are away for several weeks there may be expenses for childcare and/or elder care. On the other hand, in certain situations, offshore health care allows some patients to enhance their savings by combining their medical travel with previously considered or planned tourism activities. Opportunity costs, the expenses created by absence from home and the enhanced savings are extremely variable and not well suited to quantitative analysis. Nevertheless, they clearly have a great impact on the financial decision for patients considering offshore health care.
In summary, this analysis indicates that patients who have hip replacement surgery in India or Costa Rica realize total savings of approximately 75%, compared to estimated best prices that patients could reasonably get in the United States.
Advantages of Medical Tourism in Gujarat Zero waiting periods 1/10 to 1/20th of the costs involved for medical treatment in USA or UK Specialized hospitals and clinics Gujarati doctors participating in world medical conferences help them to know about the latest developments in the medical field. Knowledge of English language Large percentage of NRG's among NRI's Direct air connectivity between Ahmedabad and London
