1 / 17

Successful Medical Tourism Written by Shelby Reddekopp Presented by Carilyn Torres

Successful Medical Tourism Written by Shelby Reddekopp Presented by Carilyn Torres. March 28—29, 2014 El Medina, Yasmine Hammamet , Tunisia. Agenda . Introduction Understanding Healthcare Systems Definitions/Statistics Why do people travel for medical needs?

gomer
Download Presentation

Successful Medical Tourism Written by Shelby Reddekopp Presented by Carilyn Torres

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Successful Medical Tourism Written by Shelby ReddekoppPresented by Carilyn Torres March 28—29, 2014El Medina, YasmineHammamet, Tunisia

  2. Agenda • Introduction • Understanding Healthcare Systems • Definitions/Statistics • Why do people travel for medical needs? • Medical treatments sought abroad • Tunisia’s opportunities in medical tourism

  3. Understanding Healthcare Systems

  4. Health expenditures GDP Source: OECD Health Data 2011; WHO Global Health Expenditure Database

  5. Healthcare coverage Source: OECD Health Data 2011

  6. Wait times Source: Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Surveys

  7. Definition and Statistics

  8. Global healthcare • India—450,000 tourists in 2007; cost average 20% of USA; 11 JCI accreditations • Thailand—1.2 million tourists in 2006; cost average 30% of USA; 5 JCI accreditations • Singapore—410,000 tourists in 2006; cost average 35% of USA; 15 JCI accreditations • Malaysia—300,000 tourists in 2006; cost average 25% of USA; 2 JCI accreditations • Gulf states—healthcare city designed to provide advanced healthcare services; 38 JCI accreditations • Mexico—high volume of USA visitors due to proximity; cost 25% to 35% of USA ; 3 JCI accreditations Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, 2008

  9. Medical travellers by source and destination Source: Grail Research, a division of Integreon, 2009

  10. Why do people travel for medical needs?

  11. Traveler’s motivations • Primary reasons: • Price • Quality/Lack of access to healthcare • Long wait times • Secondary reasons: • Information/Education • Transportation • Tourism

  12. Stimulants for Medical Tourism • National medical tourism agencies of multiple disciplines are critical to both oversee and lobby for medical tourism regulations and programs as well as implementations thereof • Tourism and cultural promotional material and advertisement • Taxation on medical income for hospitals and doctors within a country is often reduced • Incentives to promote a country abroad • Education and partnering with Western universities and programs • Visa requirements • Media coverage • Cultural sensitivity and translation services • After care when a patient returns to their home country

  13. Joint Commission International (JCI) Source: JCI

  14. Medical treatments sought abroad

  15. Cost savings by country Source: healthinturkey.org

  16. Tunisia’s opportunities in medical Tourism

  17. Thank you! March 28—29, 2014El Medina, YasmineHammamet, Tunisia

More Related