Patients Beyond Borders Cited in Deloitte's Medical Tourism Update and Implications Report

Patients Beyond Borders Considered "Neutral Overseer"

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Chapel Hill, NC – 14 December 2009: Patients Beyond Borders, the first comprehensive consumer reference guide for medical tourism, was recently cited in a report, Medical Tourism: Update and Implications, released by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions. Utilizing information on international medical sites culled by Patients Beyond Borders, the report cites Patients Beyond Borders, alongside the Joint Commission International (JCI), as “neutral overseers” with important oversight.

"Despite current economic conditions, or perhaps because of them, Deloitte is forecasting an annual growth rate of 35%, with an estimated 1.6 million patients crossing borders for medical procedures," commented Josef Woodman, author of Patients Beyond Borders. With the number of JCI-accredited hospitals now approaching 300, top international facilities are poised to receive a growing number of global healthcare consumers.

Patients Beyond Borders is the world's best-read source of consumer information on medical tourism. Data was culled over a two-year period from hundreds of interviews with international hospitals, clinics, universities, and government agencies, as well as patients, prospective patients, and medical travel facilitators. Woodman has spent more than four years touring 120 medical travel facilities in 14 countries, researching contemporary medical tourism. “While we don’t always agree with research organizations on the numbers, we do agree the drivers are in place for extraordinary growth in the coming years,” says Woodman.

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Healthy Travel Media, an independent imprint based in Chapel Hill, NC, publishes books, eBooks, and Web-based consumer reference information on medical tourism and wellness travel. Patients Beyond Borders is available at bookstores everywhere and is distributed to the retail trade through Publisher's Group West. 

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