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Medical Tourism In The World
All over the globe, health tourism is rapidly expanding. Health is getting global and patients get on the move, fleeing waiting lists and national health care systems that are becoming slower and incapable of meeting an exponential demand. Which country is likely to generate the “medical tourist”? The medical tourist is generally the product of an industrialized country with a high purchasing power such as the USA, Canada, Great Britain, Western Europe, Australia, and the Middle East.
To which countries does the “medical tourist” go? The medical destinations are principally emerging countries; one can cite:
- In South America: Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Cuba …
- In South-East Asia: Thailand, India, Malaysia …
- In Africa: South Africa, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon …
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