6 Medical Tourism Destinations for 2014

6 Medical Tourism Destinations in 2014 Taiwan Taiwan's health care facilities adhere to some of the highest standards in the world, which helped it attract 90,000 medical tourists in 2012, according to Patients Beyond Borders. Taiwan has 22 health care facilities certi- fied by Joint Commission International, the U.S.-based quality and safety accrediting organization. That's only 6 fewer than all of China. Major procedures such as a full facelift can be more than 50 percent cheaper in Taiwan than in the U.S. Turkey Some 110,000 foreigners visited Turkey in 2012 for medi- cal treatment, making it the seventh most-visited country for medical tourists, according to Patients Beyond Bor- ders. The country, which has more American-accredited hospitals than any other nation, attracts many foreigners seeking inexpensive eye check-ups and surgery. A major procedure such as spinal fusion can be 60 percent chea- per than in the U.S. India As many as 400,000 foreigners traveled to India in 2012 for health treatments, making it the fifth most-visited country for medical tourists, according to Patients Beyond Borders. High-difficulty operations such as coronary artery bypass graft surgery can be 90 percent less expensive in India than in the U.Š. Singapore has one of the most sophistica- ted health care Singapore systems in the world, especially for cancer treatment. As many as 610,000 medical tourists visited the country in 2012, mostly from Indone- sia, according to Patients Beyond Borders. That makes the country the fourth-most visited place for medical tourists. Singapore has 22 facilities certified by Joint Commission Inter- national, the U.S.-based quality and safety accrediting organization. That's 14 more than all of neighbo- ring Malaysia. United States The U.S., home to some of the world's top medical specia- lists, played host to as many as 800,000 international patients seeking help with the most difficult health condi- tions, according to Patients Beyond Borders. Despite its high prices, the country's world-class care for the har- dest-to-treat cases made the U.S. the third-most visited country for medical tourists last year. Mexico Mexico now attracts more than 1 million visiting patients, many of whom are Hispanics from California, Arizona and Texas, according to Patients Beyond Borders. Dental work and wei- ght-loss surgery are popular procedures. Cosmopolitan Clinic - http://www.cosmopolitanclinic.com/