Today we hone in on reason #4, lower cost (note this is not a ranking, just where it happens to fall in our Top 6 Reasons for Medical Travel).  Cost, a significant driver for many medical travelers, can be somewhat elusive and variable.  While cost disparities, based on very general

There are a number of reasons that people travel for medical treatment, some of which generate outbound traffic while others bring inbound patients from abroad to any given country.  For our analysis, we’ve attributed six key driving factors to this movement of people across eight distinct geographies (Asia, Africa,

Simply put, medical travel is the practice of traveling outside of one’s country of residence, specifically for the purpose of attaining medical treatment.  Due to an inability to get the necessary treatment at home, people proceed to seek it out abroad.  Global inefficiencies, whether they’re manifest in the