Asia Medical Tourism & Healthcare Conference, 9-10 April 2013, Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaMain Category: Conferences
Article Date: 28 Jan 2013
As most of the Western countries such as United States, Canada and other European countries have staggering healthcare related issues, such as high medical costs and long waiting lists, it is becoming a trend for patients to leave their respective countries in order to receive medical treatment. Medical tourism is a booming trend in various Asian countries nowadays as countries such as Thailand, India, Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore are continuously growing in this industry. In order to attract patients from other side of the globe, they offer medical treatment and services on-par with other Western countries' medical standards and with international recognition. For example, India, Thailand and Singapore have been voted as the 3 most popular medical tourism destinations, the US comes in at 4th place.
It is estimated the medical tourism market size is close to 15 billion USD, predicting approximately 5 million patients worldwide spending on average 3,000 USD per trip. It is also predicted that the medical tourism market will grow at a rate of 25% to 35%. Some of the medical services that are being offered in Asia are Cosmetic Surgery, Dentistry, Orthopedics, Reproductive/IVF, Weight Loss Surgery, Health Screenings and Eastern traditional medical treatments.
Using the United States' costs across a variety of specialties and procedures as a benchmark, these are the list of average range of savings for the top ten destinations:
Unlike other major international summits which consist of a huge set of speakers across the globe, this conference will be exclusive and only limited seats are available. This is to ensure that each delegate has more time for interaction and networking, not only with the speakers, but also with other attending delegates and exhibitors. Such arrangement will increase the quality of time for business development and networking.
Asia Medical Tourism and Healthcare 2013 consists of speakers from across industries. This conference offers representatives from the top private hospitals in the world, such as Fortis (India), Bangkok Chain Hospital (Thailand), as well as representatives from international tourism associations and councils, for example Medical Tourism Association of South African and Turkish Healthcare Tourism Development Council. Enjoy a comprehensive experience and gain insight from attending sessions by experts across industries in Medical Tourism, in order to obtain perceptions from different key players, only at Asia Medical Tourism and Healthcare 2013!!
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
The Asia Medical Tourism and Healthcare 2013 is specially catered and meant for, but not limited to, Chief Executive, Officers, Directors, VPs, Division Heads, GMs, Specialists and Senior Managers of:
Government health ministries, National tourism boards, Medical travel associations, Cluster networks
Medical travel services
Patient services, Travel Agency Finance, Health insurance companies, Financial services, Investors, Project development/ Consultant, Medical tourism Consulting firm
Spa centres, Wellness centres , Rehabilitation centres, Private Hospitals , Physicians , Specialist clinics , Alternative medicine, Medical Associations , Medical Equipments, Pharmaceutical / Drug
WHY THIS EVENT?
9th - 10th April 2013
JW Marriott Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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