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Topic of the Month May: Medical Tourism

Foreign Patients: After Surgery into the Rollercoaster

( Source: MEDICA.de )

[01/05/2009] University hospitals in Hamburg and Munich have specialized on foreign patients for many years. Now, other regions also want to profit from these people. One of them is the area around Bonn, the former capitol of Germany. Foreign Patients: After Surgery into the Rollercoaster - read more

International Patients: „The Physician Should Have Blond Hair And Blue Eyes“

( Source: MEDICA.de )

[01/05/2009] For many foreigners, „made in Germany“ is also in the fields of medicine a sign of quality. Especially Arabs and Russians enter Germany to get treatment from a specialist - with somehow different demands regarding the hospital stay than the German patients. International Patients: „The Physician Should Have Blond Hair And Blue Eyes“ - read more

Medical Tourism in Europe: “By Passing the Directive the Trouble Starts”

( Source: MEDICA.de )

[01/05/2009] Better health care, shorter waiting times, reduction of costs – that is what supporters of an EU directive, which is to facilitate medical tourism in Europe, hope for. However, the facilitation also entails problems and risks. Medical Tourism in Europe: “By Passing the Directive the Trouble Starts” - read more

Market Development: „Many Of The Smaller Hospitals Have Potential That Lies Idle“

( Source: MEDICA.de )

[01/05/2009] Boosting medical tourism in Germany – this is the aim of a university project group in Aachen. Three years and a half engineers, together with IT experts and clinics, researched how hospitals could do better in winning over international patients. Market Development: „Many Of The Smaller Hospitals Have Potential That Lies Idle“ - read more