Medical Tourism. What is it?

„Medical Tourism is a term involving people who travel to a different place to receive treatment for a disease, ailment, or condition, and who are seeking lower cost of care, higher quality of care, better access to care, or different care than they could receive at home.”

 (definition by Global Spa Summit LLC 2011)

     How does medical tourism work? Is it a scam or real? How is it possible? I would like to answer these and similar questions in this blog, and I will share lots of practical ideas.