Over the last few years, there has been an important increase in medical tourism mainly from the U.S and Canada. It seems that more and more North Americans tend to search for medical services outside of their countries due to issues such as not having medical insurance or services not covered within their company’s plan.
Costa Rica has seen hundreds of tourists arriving for medical treatments such as plastic surgery and dental work which can be anywhere around 25% to 50% below the rates in the U.S and Canada.
The public and private sector alliance will seek to improve infrastructure and services in order to market these in the U.S and Canada as well as Europe starting August 2008.
The first private clinic to be credited by the U.S Joint Commission International was the Clinica Biblica . The Clinica Catolica and the CIMA Hospital are currently in the accreditation process and will offer medical tourists other alternatives as well.
The Costa Rican tourism influx increases around 6% to 8% annually, while medical tourism alone has increased 15% annually.
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