Medical Tourism is developing the huge grows not only in the former Soviet Union, also in a hole world. And any phenomen is always have a logical explanation. So, for example, residents of the CIS + go to foreign clinics for two reasons. This is an exact diagnosis of disease or check up of the organism, first of all, and the second – is conduction complicated operations or treatment in a case ,when local medicine can not help.
Disease in the top five are – oncology, cardiology, orthopedics, neurosurgery and gynecology.
And no need here to swear our doctors, the primary cause of impotence is the lack of technical equipment of clinics, lack of financing, complications of introduction the latest medical developments and the absence of the state legislative “rights and responsibilities of the patient – the rights and the duties of doctor”.
Unfortunately, there are no exact statistics about of people going abroad for medical purpose not in Russia, not in Ukraine, not in Kazakhstan, ect. This is another example of the improper operation of state structures in these countries. How can you not know what the flow of patient traveled abroad because it’s part of the country’s economy which is determined by the volume of resources withdrawn from the inside state of turnover.
And now we give information on market size of Medical Tourism in Europe and America. For example, last year 50 000 patient from UK traveled to foreign clinics, this year expected number of patients – 75 000 and by 2010 projected flow will be 200 000 patients. (Jerome Bern, Sunday Telegraf)
According to the newspaper Sunday Telegraf last year about 150 000 Americans traveled abroad for medical purpose, and the flow of immigrants is growing every year up to 20%. Insurance business of USA has responded to the emergence of this trend quickly and it was reported that the five of largest Americans corporations (Fortune 500) added to treatment in foreign clinics in their insurance programs.
The volume of the industry of Medical Tourism – is 19 million trips per year with a volume of 19 billion dollars in 2005.Expected market size of medical tourism in 2010 – an increase it in half.
Developing countries, where the government is really think about future of their country, where the economy is growing fast ,think seriously about a global trend in a Medical Tourism. So, for example, India last year has already taken about 175 000 foreign patients and the next is expected to increase to 200 000.By the end of the next decade is expected to market size in India – 1,9 billon dollars.
Thailand is one of the most popular “medicine” trends among of foreign tourists. For example, Thai clinics have 1,4 million international patients ,including 65 000 Americans.
