The rising costs of medical treatment in the US have fueled a medical tourism exodus. Medical tourism is when citizens of highly developed nations bypass services offered in their own communities and travel to less developed areas of the world for medical care. Estimates suggest up to 500000 Americans each year are travelling abroad to receive elective medical and surgical care at costs of 50-80% of those found in the US There are many reasons why medical tourism is thriving and some of these reasons are described in a recent study.
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