Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Mexico is the Second Most Popular Medical Tourism Destination

The worldwide market for medical tourism in 2013 was said to be worth about $2.847 billion, with by most accounts 7 million patients looking for medical treatment outside their own country every year. As per Patients without Borders, a U.S. business that specializes in the field, Mexico is right now the second most popular medical tourism destination, after Thailand.

Across the nation, Mexico has more than 71,000 specialists working in medial centers and private facilities. Nearly two-thirds of all doctors in Mexico are specialists, contrasted with a normal of 57.7% for all OECD countries.

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