HealthLeaders Media Global - May 13, 2008 | Three Forecasts on Global Healthcare


Three Forecasts on Global Healthcare Rick Johnson, Senior Online Editor The spotlight on global healthcare is getting brighter, with two new research reports making headlines last week and popular magazines promoting medical travel to consumers. [Read More]
		May 13, 2008

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Americans head overseas for medical care
Following the new Deloitte report, The Tennessean notes that despite the fact that Americans are warming to the idea of medical travel, "concerns about quality and questions about differences between the legal systems of the United States and other countries has held back growth in what is estimated to be a $60 billion global market for outbound medical tourism." This is similar information that I gathered from McKinsey & Co. at last week's Globalization Summit (see below). [Read More]

U.S. Pivotal to Global Market’s Growth
McKinsey & Co.'s Paul Mango distributed a research report at the Health Care Globalization Summit in Las Vegas and gave a presentation based on some of his firm's findings. Although McKinsey's research concludes that there are fewer medical travelers than previous estimates, Mango said the potential for global healthcare growth is even greater than the movement's hype. A day earlier, the Wall Street Journal previewed a McKinsey & Co. research report that found that the global healthcare market only has 60,000 to 85,000 inpatient medical travelers a year. [Read More]

"Un-American" surgery abroad
Is it unpatriotic for an American to get surgery from a global hospital? The question seems silly to me. But U.S. News & World Report writer Avery Comarrow considers this in his blog post that follows up his cover story last week. [Read More]

Global Health Headlines

Medical tourism sluggish business
Charleston (SC) Post and Courier, May 13, 2008

Philippines: Health scams deterring medical tourism
ABS-CBN News, May 13, 2008

Medical tourism offers huge economic potential, says Arabian Travel Market speaker
AME Info, May 13, 2008

Think carefully before helping patients seek overseas treatment
Medical News Today, May 13, 2008

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