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Health Tourism
Golden Goose or Lame Duck?
Keith Pollard, Managing Director
Golden goose?
• “One million medical tourists flocking to India”
• “Bumrungrad attracts more than 400,000 foreign patients each year”
• “Philippines is set to cash in on the $3-trillion global medical tourism market”
There’s gold in them there hills!
• “50 million Americans with no
health insurance”
• “6 million Americans seeking
care abroad”
• “35% growth in medical
tourism each year”
• “23 million Americans will
travel overseas for treatment
by 2017”
The medical tourism gold rush
UK
USAGermany
Come to.......
South Africa
Jordan
IsraelGuatemala
Costa Rica
Lithuania
S Korea
Mauritius
ThailandIndia
Hungary
Spain
Brazil
Poland
Turkey
The reality
Source: International Passenger Survey
UK patients going abroad
Source: Treatment Abroad
Medical Tourism Survey 2012
UK patients going abroad
Source: Treatment Abroad
Medical Tourism Survey 2012
Is the NHS the “Golden Goose”
NHS operations and
waiting time:
December 2011
Lame ducks
Lame ducks (and
people!).......
• Don’t like travelling
• Want healthcare on
their doorstep
Where are the golden geese?
The other side of the picture
Golden geese
Cleveland Clinic, USA
Cromwell Hospital,
London
Klinikum Stuttgart
Lame ducks....Dubai
70 per cent of UAE residents
would seek medical treatment
overseas
Lame ducks.... Las Vegas
“Where do you go for great
health care in Las Vegas?”
“The airport…...”
Barriers to overcome
Patient awareness
The fear factor
Joined up healthcare
Protectionism
EU Directive
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