Q: What is Medical tourism ?
A : Medical Tourism is where people who live in one country travel to another country to receive medical, dental and surgical care while at the same time receiving equal to or greater care than they would have in their own country, and are traveling for medical care because of affordability, better access to care or a higher level of quality of care. “Domestic Medical Tourism” is where people who live in one country travel to another city, region or state to receive medical, dental and surgical care while at the same time receiving equal to or greater care than they would have in their own home city, and are traveling for medical care because of affordability, better access to care or a higher level of quality of care.

Q: Why are Patients Traveling Internationally for Medical Tourism ?
A : Patients are traveling because of the high quality of healthcare, affordability, access of care or better availability.

Q: What are the Cost Savings ?
A : The cost savings can be up to 90%.

Q: Who is the Medical Tourism Association® (MTA) ?
A : The Medical Tourism Association® also referred to as Medical Travel Association, is the first membership based international non-profit trade association for the medical tourism and global healthcare industry made up of the top international hospitals, healthcare providers, medical travel facilitators, insurance companies, and other affiliated companies and members with the common goal of promoting the highest level of quality of healthcare to patients in a global environment. Our Association promotes the interests of its healthcare provider and medical tourism facilitator members. The Medical Tourism Association® has three tenets: Transparency in Quality and Pricing, Communication and Education.

Q: What is Medical Tourism Magazine ?
A : The Medical Tourism Magazine, is the only publication in the medical tourism industry. The Medical Tourism Magazine was started in 2007. Medical Tourism Magazine is the leading bi-monthly business-to-business and business-to-consumer healthcare magazine in the world. Medical Tourism Magazine delivers hard hitting articles written by the experts in the medical tourism industry, discussing issues such as Quality of Care, How to Choose a Hospital, Accreditation issues, How to integrate Medical Tourism into a health insurance plan, legal issues and more. Medical Tourism Magazine is the official publication of the Medical Tourism Association®.

Medical Tourism Magazine is the only Medical Tourism/Wellness Tourism Magazine in the world that delivers a solution for the healthcare industry both online and in print.

Medical Tourism Magazine educates the world about where the best centers of medical excellence are located. With the largest readership in the world in both its print edition and online edition, Medical Tourism Magazine is the only magazine dedicated to bringing those involved or interested in the industry the most cutting edge information.