Medical Tourism Business Projected to Grow Eightfold by 2010

OPEN MINDS On-Line News Strategic Health Care News The number of Americans who travel abroad for medical care is expected to increase eightfold by 2010. In 2007, an estimated 750,000 Americans traveled abroad for medical care; this number is expected to reach six million within the next two years. These are findings from a report entitled “Medical Tourism: Consumers in Search of Value” by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions. The authors examined the growth of medical tourism by researching popular outbound and inbound programs and factors that make these programs attractive. Dramatically rising U.S. health care . . .