Patients beyond borders: everybody's guide to affordable, world-class medical tourism
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Chapel Hill, NC
Healthy Travel Media
2007
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| Online Access: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XII, 325 S. |
| ISBN: | 9780979107900 0979107903 |
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Foreword to the Second Edition xv
Introduction i
Beginnings 4
You Deserve an Impartial Perspective 6
What Exactly Is Medical Tourism? 7
Why Go Abroad for Medical Care? 8
Big Surgeries: Comparative Costs 10
Denistry: Comparative Cost in Popular Destinations 11
Who Should Read Patients Beyond Borders? 15
What Patients Beyond Borders Will (and Won t) Do for You 16
How to Use This Book 17
PART ONE: HOW TO BECOME A SAVVY, INFORMED
MEDICAL TRAVELER
Chapter One: What Am I Getting Into? Some Quick Answers
for Health Travelers 23
Is Healthcare Overseas Safe? 23
If Healthcare in Other Countries Is So Good,
How Can It Be So Cheap? 24
Some Facts about Medical Costs and Medical Travel 25
How Much Can I Save? 26
Is It Safe to Travel Overseas? 27
What Medical Treatments Are Available Abroad? 28
How Do I Know Where to Travel for Treatment? 28
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CONTENTS
Can Someone Go with Me? I Don t Like Traveling Alone 29
What If They Don t Speak English? 30
How Realistic Is the Vacation Part of the Trip? 30
What If Complications Arise after I Return Home? 31
Will My Health Insurance Cover My Overseas Medical
Expenses? 32
Can I Sue? 33
Can I Finance My Treatment? 34
Chapter Two: Planning Your Health Travel Journey 35
First Things First: Seek Guidance 35
Trust Yourself 36
Plan Ahead 37
Set Your Mind to It 39
Email and Internet Searching 41
Chutzpah! 43
Nixing the Nonresponders 44
The Twelve-Fold Path to Enlightened Health Travel Planning 45
The What and Why of JCI 63
Alternatives to JCI 64
Continuity of Care—Critical to Success 68
Just Ask 77
Pack Smart 79
Chapter Three: Budgeting Your Treatment and Trip 81
First Things First: Consider Your Treatment and
Travel Preferences 81
The $6,ooo Rule Revisited 89
Patients Beyond Borders Budget Planner 90
Is Your Medical Trip Tax Deductible? 94
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Chapter Four: Choosing and Working with a
Health Travel Planner 99
The New Good Old Days of Hitting the Road 99
What Is a Health Travel Planner? 100
Why Use a Health Travel Planner? 101
What a Health Travel Planner Does 103
Fees, Packages, and Payment 107
What to Look for in a Health Travel Planner 110
Check, Please 111
Domestic or Abroad? 112
When Not to Use a Health Travel Planner 113
For Best Results... 113
The Write Stuff 114
Chapter Five: While You re There 117
First Things First: Arm Yourself with Information 117
Getting the Information 119
General Guidelines and Cautions 121
Operator, Information: Staying in Touch While on the Road 126
Communicating with Your In-Country Caregivers 132
Going under the Knife? Pre- and Post-Surgery
Tips and Cautions 133
Get There Good to Go 134
Before Leaving the Hospital: Get All the Paperwork 139
Leisure Time: Before or after Treatment? 141
Chapter Six: Home Again, Home Again 147
Beating Those Home-Again Blues 147
Communicate Your Needs to Family Members 148
Touch Base with Your Local Doctor 149
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Anticipate Longer Recovery Periods 149
Hold on to Your Paperwork 150
Stay with the Program 151
Get Help or Farm Out the Work 152
Stay Mentally and Socially Active 153
If Complications Develop... 153
Post-Treatment: Normal Discomfort or Something More
Complicated? 154
The Straight Dope on Pharmaceuticals 156
Medical Travel and Medical Malpractice 158
Caution: Blood Clots in the Veins 161
Chapter Seven: For Companions 163
First Things First: Are You Up for the Job? 163
Before the Trip 164
While You re There 168
Back Home 172
A Note to Patients about Your Companion 174
Chapter Eight: Dos and Don ts for the Smart Health Traveler 175
PART TWO: THE MOST-TRAVELED HEALTH DESTINATIONS
Introduction 189
A Note about Prices 190
A Note about Immunizations 193
Map of the Most-Traveled Health Destinations 196
Treatment and Country Finder 198
Antigua and Barbados 201
Brazil (Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo) 206
CONTENTS
Costa Rica (San Jose and Escazu) 214
Czech Republic 225
Hungary 231
India: Delhi 238
India: Bangalore 248
India: Chennai 255
India: Mumbai 261
Israel (Jerusalem, Haifa, and Tel Aviv) 271
Jordan 278
Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur and Penang) 282
Mexico (California and Arizona Borders; Texas and New Mexico
Borders; Coastal) 292
New Zealand 305
Panama 308
Philippines (Manila and Quezon City) 314
Singapore 319
South Africa (Cape Town and Johannesburg) 333
South Korea 341
Taiwan (Taipei, Taoyuan City, Tainan City) 346
Thailand (Bangkok and Phuket) 355
Turkey (Istanbul, Kocaeli, and Izmir) 370
United Arab Emirates (UAE) 376
PART THREE: RESOURCES AND REFERENCES
Additional Resources 385
Medical Glossary 389
Index 395
About the Author 408
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