Medical tourism - Learn more
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Medical tourism is travel to another country to receive healthcare, often at less expense that that available at home. However, people may travel elsewhere not just for the lower cost of treatment, but for the higher quality of care, shorter waiting time for the treatment, the legality of the procedure they seek and the availability of complementary, alternative and experimental therapies.
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