MEDICAL/ Go West! Health Tourism in Western Europe

Germany is known for having one of the best healthcare systems globally. Thanks to that, the country enjoys the status of being a popular medical tourism destination. People travel from everywhere in the world to take advantage of the high quality medical treatment the country provides. Growing Industry Most German states are involved in providing treatment to foreign patients, including Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Hamburg, Hessen, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommem, Rhineland-Pfalz and S...

One of the important sources of income for UK’s National Health Service (NHS) are the international patients who come to the country for medical treatment. However, the number of UK residents who go abroad for private treatment is more than the international patients who travel to UK for NHS or private treatment. These are the findings of a recent study on the cost and benefit of medical tourism to the NHS which was published in PLOS ONE. The study was funded by National Institute for Health ...

Belgium is a country that has witnessed a significant rise in the number of patients who travel to the country seeking treatment. Most of these patients are from the Netherlands. Majority of them are seeking orthopedic treatment, heart surgery and caesarean sections. Statistics conducted have also proved that there are many patients from France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the UK who visit Belgium for the purposes of getting medical treatment. However, the number of hospital patients from ...

The rise of health tourism in Spain over the past year has given the Spanish tourism industry a wakeup call to start making active efforts to capitalize on a sector that is all set to be the future of tourism in Spain. Spain has become the new popular destination for medical tourism and 2012 was a particularly good year, with 21,868 international tourists having visited the country for reasons of health and wellness alone. According to the country’s tourist board, Turespaña, these international...