Why medical tourism in Belgrade?
- 1. Price – Dentists in Belgrade charge less than half of their UK counterparts, while you are guaranteed top quality. If you are coming to Belgrade you can count on saving at least 70% on your dental treatment.
2. Location – Serbia is located in Southeast Europe, at most 2.5 hours by plane from any European city.
3. Belgrade – you will visit the most vibrant city in Eastern Europe, which attracts millions of tourists from all parts of the world each year.
4. Serbia is abundant with spas and mountain resorts, most of which have been completely revived and offer world quality health tourism. Combine your medical intervention with an overall healthy stay by going to a spa, or lift your spirits with winter sports.
5. Quality – doctors, and especially dentists in Serbia are among the world’s best trained and qualified, and strict legal restrictions ensure that they get a lot of practice before being allowed to work independently.
6. Language – you can expect your doctor to speak English well. In general, Serbs speak foreign languages better than other peoples in the region – according to a recent Gallup international survey, 42% speak English, as compared to 22% in Poland, 22% in the Czech Republic, 20% in Romania, 25% in Hungary and 28% in Bulgaria.
7. The climate in Serbia is moderate with many sunny days
8. Low cost airline - GermanWings provides cheap flights to Belgrade – flights go as low as 50 euro.
9. Reliability
10. Refund
11. Insurance
- Medical tourism is the act of traveling to other countries to obtain medical, dental, and surgical care. The term was initially coined by travel agencies and the media as a catchall phrase to describe a rapidly growing industry where people travel to other countries to obtain medical care while at the same time touring, vacationing and enjoying the attractions of the countries which they are visiting. A combination of many factors has led to the recent increase in popularity of medical tourism: the high cost of healthcare in industrialized nations, the ease and affordability of international travel, and the improvement of technology and standards of care in many countries of the world.
More than 750 thousand Americans left the country last year for less expensive medical or nontraditional treatments. The world medical tourism market is estimated to be around 60 billion dollars currently, and it is expected to grow to 100 billion dollars, according to Deloitte’s report Medical tourism: Consumers in search of value.
The emergence of disruptive health care innovations, such as medical tourism, alternative medicine or cyber visits, changes the health industry paradigm. The most-sought procedures in modern medical tourism are dental, cosmetic, orthopedic and cardiovastular. The trend of travelling abroad for medical tourism could cost U. S. health care providers up to 6 billion dollars in the next decade. Growing popularity of medical tourism is underlined by the fact that the number of countries serving around a million medical tourists annually is growing. Deloitte’s research points out that there are 10 hot spots of medical tourism that offer specialised treatments, alternative treatments or simply cheaper prices of mecial treatments.
Health care consumerism is premised on the idea that individuals should have greater control over decisions that affect their health and their medical care. Besides consumers’ growing appetite for medical tourism, interest for pursuing treatment outside traditional healthcare system is also on the rise. Interest for alternative providers is growing, and 38 percent Americans express their interest in seeking such care. Three quarters of patients want to be able to contact their doctor by e-mail or website, and equal number is interested in accessing online medical records and test results.