Medical Tourism
The medical tourism industry is erupting in worldwide popularity. More and more people are taking their money offshore and investing in their health, well being and all while enjoying a well deserved vacation/recovery in the hot tropical sun.
Costa Rica is rapidly becoming famous for medical and dental procedures with foreign patients. One of the most notable is the Clinica Biblica. A Costa Rica hospital for over 80 years, this private, non-profit hospital was first to receive the JCI credit. The Joint Commission International is a gauge for private hospitals worldwide and ensures that in order to become accredited, the hospital must pass a rigorous list of tests including quality of service, technology, cleanliness, pre/post-op care and many more.
Every year the Costa Rica medical tourism industry grows exponentially and is expected to continue in to the future.
- Approximately 1.3 million Americans traveled to foreign countries to seek healthcare in 2008 -That number is expected to double by 2010
- 47 million Americans are without health insurance
- Experts predict medical tourism will turn into a $100 billion international industry by 2012
Why Costa Rica is positioned as a top medical tourism destination:
- Listed at #36 in the ranking of world healthcare systems. #4 in Latin America. (USA ranked # 37).
- (The World Health Report 2000 Health Systems: Improving perfomance)
- The best education system in the Latin America (World Economic Forum. The Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008)
- 94,9% Literacy rate. (World Economic Forum. The Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008)
- Number one high technology exporter in Latin America. 5th in the world (World Economic Forum. Global Information Technology Report 2007-2008)
- Happiest country in the world. (The New Economics Foundation(NEF).Happy Planet Index, 2009.
- Region with the most wildlife diversity in the world.
- 615 species per 10,000 square kilometers
- 25% of country is protected (Nat’l parks, Reserves, etc.)
- Has 5% of the world’s biodiversity
- Strategic geographic location
Category : Medical Tourism
