Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Medical Tourism & Patient Data

Under "statistics, damn statistics and lies" ..

http://travel.nytimes.com/2006/10/15/business/yourmoney/15care.html?sq=thailand%20hospital&st=nyt&scp=4&pagewanted=print

In Bangkok, Bumrungrad International Hospital counts 55,000 American patients a year.


McKinsey & Company's report on medical tourism, using a very rigorous, very conservative data-approach --

http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Mapping_the_market_for_travel_2134?pagenum=1

"Between 60,000 and 85,000 people annually travel abroad for inpatient hospital care, a number .. far lower than commonly assumed."


Probably some of the difference is between elective and acute situations.

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