Health Tourism

Health Tourism is the act of traveling abroad to receive medical, dental and cosmetic care. Medical Travel is also called as Medical Tourism, Medical Travel, Health Travel and Medical Value Travel. Significantly lower costs for best practice care is usually the primary motivation although some medical tourists go abroad for immediate availability of procedures and unavailable treatments. Patients frequently take advantage of the opportunity to vacation and tour inexpensively in the country they are visiting.

Who should be interested?

As long as you are healthy enough to travel, you stand to benefit from medical tourism’s offerings. While anyone is a prospective patient, most of our customers fall into one of three categories:

1. Elective surgery: A large number of medical tourists seek out elective procedures such as cosmetic or wellness treatments that are not covered by insurance plans.
2. Underinsured: As insurers cut back on their coverage and insurance costs skyrocket, more and more individuals find themselves ‘underinsured’. High deductibles, wait-lists and limited physician choices force many patients to seek out alternative treatments. Others find that the care they need is not covered under their catastrophic insurance plans.
3. Uninsured: 16% of the US population is uninsured. These individuals, many of which are self-employed, frequently find themselves dipping into their hard-earned savings to finance their care. Medical Travel is an increasingly popular solution among our uninsured population.

How can hospitals offer such low rates?

As you know healthcare is one area where quality is more important than cost. So how do our hospitals provide high quality at such low rates? Fees in the U.S. are driven by labor overhead, administrative expenses, and insurance contracts. Over 71 percent of hospital costs are labor related according to a recent World Health Organization report which helps to explain some of the cost advantages for countries with low labor costs. Healthbase eliminates these burdens by connecting patients directly to surgeons, allowing us to offer premier services at prices unavailable in the U.S.

Healthbase offerings

Healthbase is the trusted source for global medical choices, connecting patients to leading healthcare facilities overseas. We have developed the industry’s most sophisticated and comprehensive web portal where consumers can arrange medical care from start to finish. We arrange first class services for patients at major internationally accredited hospitals in Singapore, Thailand, India and Mexico.

Over hundred medical procedures are available in various categories: orthopedic procedures such as hip replacement, Birmingham hip resurfacing, artificial knee replacement, knee surgery, cosmetic procedures such as breast augmentation, face lift, rhinoplasty (nose surgery), liposuction, dental procedures such as bridges, implants, crowns, and procedures in categories such as cardiac, vascular, spinal, obesity, eye, LASIK, urology, general surgery, plastic surgery, weight-loss surgery, wellness and much more. The savings are up to 80% from typical USA prices.
The cost of surgical care at our ever growing network of affiliated institutions is typically a fraction of the cost of care in the U.S. with equal or superior outcomes. Healthbase can facilitate a variety of medical services from basic consultations to full service treatment abroad. We help you to take care of all the details from arranging the surgery and financing options to travel and visas.

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