Countries and cities with significant inbound medical travel, and how their systems are organised.
Unreviewed Written 23 October 2026| 3 sources| The only quantified complication rate in this series comes from the source country, not the destination Medical Tourism in Albania Independently reported Italians treated abroad for dentistry (2023) About 200,000, with Albania the top foreign destination[1] Other destinations in that ranking Croatia, Romania and Turkey follow Albania[1] Who … Read more
Unreviewed Written 23 October 2026| 3 sources| Patients pay 41.7 per cent of health costs directly, and the profile records no patient movement Medical Tourism in North Macedonia Verified against primary record Health spending (2021) 8.5 per cent of GDP, up from 7.3 per cent in 2019; USD 1,535 per person at purchasing power parity[1] … Read more
Unreviewed Written 23 October 2026| 3 sources| The only case in this series of a government suppressing a medical travel flow by enforcement Medical Tourism in Hong Kong Verified against primary record Policy from 2013 All public hospital obstetric beds reserved for local pregnant women and urgent cases referred by private hospitals[1] Private hospitals Reached … Read more
Unreviewed Written 23 October 2026| 3 sources| The hardest figure comes from Thailand’s unpaid bills, not from Cambodia Medical Tourism in Cambodia Independently reported Uncollected costs from Cambodian border patients in Thailand THB 277 million in fiscal year 2024, about 12 per cent of the national total[1] Service encounters 160,000 at the Thai-Cambodian border[1] Source … Read more
Unreviewed Written 23 October 2026| 3 sources| Patients paid 65.2 per cent of health costs directly while the president called for medical tourists Medical Tourism in Azerbaijan Verified against primary record Out-of-pocket share (2020) 65.2 per cent of total health spending, on data predating the mandatory insurance rollout[1] Mandatory health insurance Covers 100 per cent … Read more
Unreviewed Written 23 October 2026| 4 sources| Pakistani arrivals in India halved while the overall total more than doubled Medical Tourism in Pakistan Independently reported Pakistani medical tourists to India (2017) 1,785, down from 3,632 in 2015[1] India’s total over the same period Rose from 233,918 in 2015 to 495,056 in 2017[1] Pakistan’s share of … Read more
Unreviewed Written 23 October 2026| 4 sources| One country supplies about 70 per cent of India’s medical visas, and a 2024 closure cut it by 39 per cent Medical Tourism in Bangladesh Independently reported Bangladeshi medical tourists to India 120,388 in 2015, 210,142 in 2016 and 221,751 in 2017, the last being 55 per cent … Read more
Unreviewed Written 23 October 2026| 3 sources| A 2007 Senate bill read in full; it sets no Philippine target and cites only competitors’ figures Medical Tourism in the Philippines Verified against primary record Legislative instrument Senate Bill No. 58, the Medical Tourism Act of 2007, Fourteenth Congress, First Regular Session[1] Sponsor Senator Manuel Lito M. … Read more
Unreviewed Written 23 October 2026| 4 sources| Sri Lanka is named in India’s top twenty source countries but given no figure Medical Tourism in Sri Lanka Independently reported Sri Lanka in Indian medical visa data Named among the top twenty source countries for 2019 to 2024, which together accounted for about 95 per cent of … Read more
Unreviewed Written 23 October 2026| 4 sources| Nepal appears in neither Indian dataset, because the travel needs no visa Medical Tourism in Nepal Independently reported Nepal in India’s 2017 source-country breakdown Not mentioned at all, across a list of fifteen named countries[1] Nepal in India’s medical visa data Not mentioned[2] What the Indian figures count … Read more