Having access to affordable and quality
healthcare medically through publicly funded health care systems are in some
cases beautiful dreams. However, some Canadians have that option, yet they
still travel for treatments abroad.
They usually opt for orthopedic surgery, obesity
surgery, LASIK eye surgery, stem cell therapy and other interventions. The
public interest in medical travel in Canada is still going strong and it plays an
important part in promoting health services.
For example, many of the Canadian business
promoting medical travel are actually not medical tourism companies. To the
contrary, numerous types of businesses promote medical travel because it is a
business opportunity.
According to a research performed in 2012,
there were almost 40 Canadian businesses marketing medical travel. The refinement
of categories resulted in the identification of eighteen businesses fitting the
category of what most Canadians would want, when it comes to medical tourism,
others were about regional, cross-border health services available in the US and
international travel to clinics in Canada. Nowadays, there are medical tourism
companies that market holiday tours in addition to medical care.
However, Canadian medical tourism companies
actually avoid it. There were a couple of businesses that provided some tests
and a couple, which had obesity surgeries in Mexico. Four businesses offer
health insurance products intended to cover the cost for private health care in
the states. These businesses also help their clients arrange treatment beyond
Canada's borders.
With all the different approaches to market
medical tourism, it makes it easier for a consumer to actually choose the
services (even if it can be rather tricky with so many options). Different approaches
usually lead to a wide variety to choose from and if one needs a treatment, he
should be able to take the time and compare all the medical tourism offers
available.
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