The most important reasons which have contributed in the wide expansion of medical travel are the following:
- High quality medical services in low prices. The development and the expansion of medical tourism has resulted from the countries’ ability of supplying high quality medical services at significantly more affordable prices. Medical visitors have enough resources to purchase healthcare in low-cost medical tourism destinations but insufficient to afford the same services in their home country.
- Best doctors and top quality hospitals.Some health problems demands more high level treatment from best doctors which usually are not in our home country or city.
- Long Waiting Lists. Patients are willing to travel abroad for healthcare in order to receive timely treatment and avoid long waiting lists at home.
- More Privacy and confidentiality. Medical visitors choose to obtain healthcare in a foreign country because a treatment abroad may guarantee privacy and confidentiality, which many patients prefer, especially when undergoing treatments such as plastic or urology surgery