Comments on: McKinsey report on medical tourism http://www.rahulkhandelwal.com/2008/05/27/mckinsey-report-on-medical-tourism/ A little bit of lots of things... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:19:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: paul http://www.rahulkhandelwal.com/2008/05/27/mckinsey-report-on-medical-tourism/#comment-6409 paul Sat, 27 Sep 2008 05:08:00 +0000 http://www.rahulkhandelwal.com/?p=43#comment-6409 agree. Problem is finding the right location for treatment. Last year I had to get root canal treatment done. In US it would have cost me upwards of $1000. After checking with colleagues in India I got this done in India during a business trip for under $100. I would highly recommend it if you are visiting India for business. I got it done in Wockhardt Hospitals, Bangalore. Treatments in these countries works out cheaper and you can always combine with a vacation. <edited by admin: Removed links> agree. Problem is finding the right location for treatment. Last year I had to get root canal treatment done. In US it would have cost me upwards of $1000. After checking with colleagues in India I got this done in India during a business trip for under $100. I would highly recommend it if you are visiting India for business. I got it done in Wockhardt Hospitals, Bangalore. Treatments in these countries works out cheaper and you can always combine with a vacation.

]]> By: Rahul http://www.rahulkhandelwal.com/2008/05/27/mckinsey-report-on-medical-tourism/#comment-4674 Rahul Wed, 28 May 2008 16:20:13 +0000 http://www.rahulkhandelwal.com/?p=43#comment-4674 Hi, Thanks for your comment. Can you give us an example of the kind of categories that these guys have missed out? Also, I don't think that they've not accounted for travellers from the US to Mexico (or Canada for that matter.) If you see the map they've included you'll notice that 27% of North American patients travel within North America. Cheers, Rahul Hi,

Thanks for your comment.

Can you give us an example of the kind of categories that these guys have missed out?

Also, I don’t think that they’ve not accounted for travellers from the US to Mexico (or Canada for that matter.) If you see the map they’ve included you’ll notice that 27% of North American patients travel within North America.

Cheers,

Rahul

]]> By: industry watcher http://www.rahulkhandelwal.com/2008/05/27/mckinsey-report-on-medical-tourism/#comment-4672 industry watcher Wed, 28 May 2008 10:45:54 +0000 http://www.rahulkhandelwal.com/?p=43#comment-4672 The figures in the report are absolute rubbish They ignore most categories of medical tourists They laughably suggest that one in four goes to the USA. It is a total nonsense that 60% of medical tourists are either traveller or expats They sampled a handful of hospitals and daftly assumed that they counted for 80% of the world business They think the world revolves around Americans going overseas which is a joke as the numbers of Americans are les than 1% of the total They do not count Americans going to Mexico as medical tourists as the countries have a common border ! Sadly some authors and agencies and hospitals have made over-inflated claims, but if you add up official figures you get over 5 million medical tourists, and that does not include health and spa holidays! Mckinsey's report is only good for lining my cats litter tray The figures in the report are absolute rubbish

They ignore most categories of medical tourists

They laughably suggest that one in four goes to the USA.

It is a total nonsense that 60% of medical tourists are either traveller or expats

They sampled a handful of hospitals and daftly assumed that they counted for 80% of the world business

They think the world revolves around Americans going overseas which is a joke as the numbers of Americans are les than 1% of the total

They do not count Americans going to Mexico as medical tourists as the countries have a common border !

Sadly some authors and agencies and hospitals have made over-inflated claims, but if you add up official figures you get over 5 million medical tourists, and that does not include health and spa holidays!

Mckinsey’s report is only good for lining my cats litter tray

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