By Sigrid Salucop
Medical tourism or getting treatment abroad grew (and is
still growing) rather quickly in the past decade due to the increase or
healthcare costs in Western countries. With economies allover the world
suffering from an unrelenting financial crisis, healthcare costs have gone
higher especially in the West. In other parts of the world, healthcare costs
went up too but when one translates these prices in Euros or in US dollars,
these costs are still very cheap making treatment abroad a much better choice
for Westerners who are not that well-off.
