Popular Medical Tourism Destination

Each year, the geographical spread of medical and rehabilitative tourism grows wider, with a corresponding increase in the choice of countries, medical and recovery establishments, and services.  It is however possible  to identify the most popular fields and destinations of the medical and rehabilitative tourism industry as it now stands.

As there are as yet no official ratings published, the order of the countries in our list is very tentative and is based on the available data from the previous year with respect to the number of foreign patients and operations performed by the medical establishments with which we collaborate.  Therefore, we see the following as a useful presentation of information regarding locations where one may receive necessary medical services:

REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE

Infertility check-up examinations and treatment.  Programmes with the use of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (IVF, ICSI)
UK, USA, Ireland, Denmark, Germany, Israel, Cyprus, India, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Russia, Slovakia, Turkey, Mexico, Thailand, Switzerland, Malta, Italy, Antigua and Barbuda, New Zealand, Republic of South Africa, Japan, Spain. IVF programmes with surrogate motherhood and/or egg cell (sperm) donation: India, USA, Ukraine, Russia, Cyprus, Thailand, Georgia.

DENTISTRY

Aesthetic dentistry (metal-ceramic /porcelain fused metal prosthetics, veneers, inlays, etc.)
Hungary, Costa Rica, Thailand, Turkey, Malaysia, Columbia, Poland, Slovakia, Cyprus, Portugal, Spain, Slovenia, Ukraine, Montenegro, Russia, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia.

Dental surgery. Implantology
Hungary, Costa Rica, Argentina, Thailand, Singapore, South Korea, Poland, Turkey, Croatia, Macedonia, Cyprus, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, Malta, Denmark, Netherlands, New Zealand. 

Endodontic therapy
Hungary, Costa Rica, Mexico, Denmark, Thailand, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, Cyprus, Malta, Russia.

Preventive dentistry
Switzerland, Hungary, Austria, Costa Rica, Denmark, Belgium, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Slovenia, New Zealand.

ONCOLOGY

Early check-up detection programmes and follow-up diagnosis
Israel, Germany, Austria, USA, Malaysia, Singapore, Canada, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, South Korea, Japan, Slovenia, Hungary.

Operative treatment of malignant neoplasms (in various organs and tissues)
 Israel, Malaysia, USA, Cuba, Costa Rica, Singapore, Sweden, Austria, Philippines, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, Slovenia, Hungary.

Pediatric oncology
Israel, Cuba, South Korea, Philippines, Malaysia, USA,  Costa Rica, Austria, Singapore, Sweden, Slovenia.

Hematologic oncology treatment (oncohematology)
Israel, Cuba, South Korea, Philippines, USA, Austria, Sweden, Slovenia.

Radiology and chemical therapy
Israel, Thailand, South Korea, Cuba, Austria, Turkey, Slovenia,  New Zealand, Singapore, , Malta, United Arab Emirates.

PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY

Breast endoprosthetics
Thailand, Costa Rica, Argentina, Brazil, Malaysia, Singapore, Israel, Poland, South Korea, Slovenia, Hungary, Slovakia, Switzerland, Russia, Ukraine, Jamaica.  

Reconstructive breast surgery
Israel, Thailand, Brazil, South Korea, Austria, Germany, Turkey, Slovenia, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland,  Russia, Ukraine.

Liposuction (lipoaspiration) in various body parts
Israel, Brazil, Malaysia, Thailand, Costa Rica, Singapore, Sweden, Austria, Philippines, South Korea, Turkey, Slovenia, Jamaica, Ukraine, Russia.

Abdominoplasty
Israel, Thailand, Brazil, Argentina, South Korea, Singapore, Austria, Switzerland, Turkey, Slovenia, New Zealand, Ukraine, Russia.

Rhinoplasty (correction of size and form of nose) and otoplasty (ear auricle correction)
Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Thailand, Singapore, South Korea, Panama, Israel, Germany, Slovenia, Switzerland, Italy, Malta, Jamaica, New Zealand, Russia, Ukraine.

Blepharoplasty (blepharon correction) and mentoplasty (chin correction)
Israel, Thailand, Brazil, Argentina, South Korea, Switzerland, Turkey, Slovenia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malta, Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia.

Operative scar removal
Israel, Thailand, South Korea, Turkey, Poland, Slovenia, Italy, New Zealand, Singapore, Malta, Austria, Jamaica.

Surgical treatment of congenital defects in children (cleft palate, labium leporinum / cleft lip, abnormal development of facial bones, etc.)
Israel, Thailand, South Korea, Germany, Austria, Singapore, Cuba, Slovenia, Sweden, New Zealand, Turkey, Malta.

Microsurgical reconstruction
Thailand, Israel, South Korea, Austria, Switzerland, Argentina, Sweden, Costa Rica, USA, Slovenia, New Zealand, Singapore.

Buttock, thigh correction, etc
Israel, Thailand, South Korea, Austria, Turkey, Slovenia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Poland, Malta, Jamaica.

Hair transplantation
Columbia, Costa Rica, Argentina, Brazil, Israel, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Malta, Belgium, Switzerland.

Genital plastics and sex reassignment surgeries
Thailand, Costa Rica, Argentina, Israel, Germany, South Korea, Slovenia, Singapore.

OPHTHALMOLOGY

Lasic (Laser vision correction)
Israel, Germany, Austria, Malaysia, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Hungary, Poland, South Korea, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Malta, Ukraine, Russia, Latvia, Lithuania.

Eye microsurgery
Thailand, Israel, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, Germany, Austria, Costa Rica, USA, Slovenia, New Zealand.

DERMATOLOGY

Psoriasis treatment

Israel, Jordan, Turkey,  Hungary.

SURGERY

Cardiac surgery
Germany, Israel, Austria, Malaysia, Singapore, Sweden, South Korea, USA, Switzerland.

Neurosurgery
Israel, Germany, Austria, Singapore, South Korea, Hungary, Slovenia, USA.

NEUROLOGY AND ADDICTION TREATMENT

Chronic fatigue syndrome
Israel, Germany, Singapore, South Korea, New Zealand, Hungary, Mexico, Czech Republic.

Alcohol and drug addiction treatment
Israel, Thailand, South Korea, Austria, Turkey, Slovenia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Costa Rica, Antigua and Barbuda, UK.

ORTHOPAEDICS AND TRAUMATOLOGY

Prosthetics and articulation treatment
Israel, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Belgium, Malaysia, Singapore, Sweden, South Korea, Slovenia.

Traumatology and sports medicine
Germany, Austria, Israel, South Korea, Singapore.

OBSTETRICS

Childbirth abroad
Germany, USA, Austria, Switzerland, Israel, Singapore, Czech Republic, Sweden, South Korea, Slovenia, Malta.

FOLK AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

Ayurveda
India, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia.

Folk and alternative methods
China, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, India, Vietnam, Mexico.

DIAGNOSTICS

Complex checjups
Germany, Austria, Israel, South Korea, Singapore, Switzerland, Hungary, Malta, Turkey, United Arab Emirates.  

Diagnostics by field
Germany, Austria, Israel, South Korea, Singapore, Malta, Czech Republic, United Arab Emirates.