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India's Fortis Healthcare buys 10 hospitals, bringing total to 38
Usually, we tend to focus on U.S. transactions here at FierceHealthcare, as it's a big ol' world out there and there's too much to tell. But these days, given the increasingly powerful U.S./India... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Japan wants medical tourism bucks
You can officially add Japan to the list of Asian countries fighting for their share of the medical tourism pie. Japanese officials are planning to begin marketing its hospitals, which might not be... Read more...
Global medical tourism market to hit $100B by 2012
We all knew medical tourism was growing, but over the next few years, volume should explode say researchers speaking at a conference in Singapore. According to one researcher, the global medical... Read more...
AZ hospital helps Mexican moms have babies with U.S. citizenship
When U.S. citizens think about medical tourism, they envision a vacation-like trip offering heavily discounted procedures in lush surroundings. But medical tourism can also involve patients coming... Read more...
Could medical tourism trend parallel fate of Detroit car industry?
Here's an interesting take on medical tourism from the perspective of another business--the spa industry. Apparently, spa business executives are keeping a close watch on medical tourism, which they... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Overseas surgery needs outcomes measures
In theory, getting cheap surgery at well-regarded hospitals in India and elsewhere sounds like a good idea. The problem is, it's still something of a crap shoot, since American methods for... Read more...
Study: 1M Californians per year get care in Mexico
Well, here's a medical tourism tidbit that deserves more attention: According to a new UCLA study appearing in the journal Medical Care, almost a million California residents seek medical care in... Read more...
Study: Substantial minority of Americans would try medical tourism
Medical tourism has been on the minds of health plans and employers for quite some time, though arguably, less so where average Americans are concerned. According to a new Gallup Poll, however, a... Read more...
WellPoint begins paying for medical tourism
Medical tourism has been the trendiest idea in medicine for years now. However, it hasn't become a standard part of medical care for most U.S. consumers yet, in part because the patients have had to... Read more...
Americans flocking to Mexico for dental care
Similar to the medical tourism that has grown so popular in places like India and Thailand, Mexico has recently started becoming a hot spot for Americans to go to receive dental work on the cheap,... Read more...
