Travelling abroad to undergo expensive invasive procedures in countries where high-quality, low-cost care is available, e.g., India. The funds saved on the care received are used to sponsor recuperation and vacation in the host country. Medical tourism is a form of outsourcing of health care and is typically used for highly technical, costly surgical procedures such as coronary artery bypass graft surgery.<\/p>\n
The act of pursuing healthcare services, predominantly elective surgical procedures, in a foreign country other than one’s own, commonly referred to as medical tourism. It is important to note that medical tourism should not be conflated with travel medicine, a distinct medical field focusing on disease prevention and the management of medical emergencies for individuals traveling internationally.<\/p>\n
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Travelling abroad to undergo expensive invasive procedures in countries where high-quality, low-cost care is available, e.g., India. The funds saved on the care received are used to sponsor recuperation and vacation in the host country. Medical tourism is a form of outsourcing of health care and is typically used for highly technical, costly surgical procedures […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-m"],"yoast_head":"\n