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Writers, reporters, and researchers worldwide look to Patients Beyond Borders as the the most authoritative resource for international medical travel and patient choice.We can help you find the right contacts for your story: industry leaders, practitioners, patients, medical travel agencies, employers, or insurers with compelling accounts about their experiences and their reasons for considering medical travel abroad.

Visit our Facts & Figures page for current information on the medical tourism market and top destinations.

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Patients Beyond Borders in the News

    South of the Border Surgery: Medical Tourism Market Grows for Cost Conscious Americans
    Consumer Media Network, 10 May 2012
    "According to Patients Beyond Borders, a consumer information resource about international medical and health travel, medical tourism is an expanding market that sees an average of 25-30% growth each year. In 2011, the organization estimated that the market was about $15 billion with about 5 million patients worldwide. Josef Woodman, Patients Beyond Borders CEO, estimates that in 2012, about 600,000 Americans will travel for healthcare outside the United States." Read More
    Drug-Defying Germs From India Speed Post-Antibiotic Era
    Bloomberg, 7 May 2012
    "At the same time, it [India] is trying to preserve the country’s health-tourism industry. Bristling that foreigners coined a name that singles out their capital to describe an emerging health nightmare, officials say the world is picking on India for troubles that impede all developing nations." Read More
    Global remedy to a local affliction
    The Sydney Morning Herald, 6 May 2012
    "The health travel consumer organization Patients Beyond Borders said about 5 million patients a year become medical tourists, spending an average $US3000 per surgery and thousands more on airfares and accommodation." Read More
    Monterrey Ciudad de la Salud
    OCV Monterrey, 13 March 2012
    "Josef Woodman, Autor del libro Patients Beyond Borders comenta sobre su experiencia en la ciudad y su impresión sobre los avances en área medica en Monterrey." Read More
    Passport to Health
    Delta Sky, February 2012
    "'Everyone is looking for cost savings,' says Woodman. 'And surgeries are natural targets because they're high-ticket items.'" Read More
    Medical Tourism: Closing the International Healthcare Gap
    AARP International's The Journal, 2012
    We are honored to have been invited to pen the first article on medical tourism for the prestigious AARP International's The Journal, distributed worldwide to high-level government and policy personnel. In this article, Woodman introduces medical travel as a vital component to global healthcare and explains its impact on the international medical community. Read More
    Health Care Bargains Abroad
    Kiplinger, January 2012
    "Bruce Pearson owns a nursery, raising orchids and other lush flora in Boynton Beach, Fla. But it was painful sciatica that made his back as delicate as a hothouse flower. While leading an eco-tour in Thailand a few years ago, Pearson experienced back pain so severe that it put him in a local hospital. The treatment he received converted him into an enthusiastic medical tourist." Read More
    Visite nuestras playas... y nuestras ¡clínicas!
    Capital, January 2012
    "Los viajes por motivos de salud suponen una lucrativa industria que mueve miles de millones. Desde Israel hasta estados unidos, pasando por India, medio centenar de países pelean para lograr su trozo de este jugoso pastel." Read More


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Last updated on 10 May 2012