Costa Rica Medical Tourism – Quality Medical Care

Costa Rica Medical Tourism Provides Top Quality Medical Care at Affordable Prices:

Why do people travel outside the U.S., Canada, the UK, and other major European countries for quality medical care?

• In the United States, the cost of health care continues to rise, and even people who have insurance are often faced with an extremely high deductible, especially if they require major surgery!
• In Canada, the UK, and other major European nations with socialized medicine, there are long lines and waiting times for health care. People often prefer to travel abroad and pay for the procedure than to wait hours waiting in line to see the doctor, and having the doctor tell them that they will have to wait 6 months, a year, and sometimes even longer for surgery.
• People are finding out that their insurance will not cover the procedure they need, that they are under-insured, or that their insurance is inadequate for the care they need.
• The treatment is not available at home.
• High levels of expertise available at many medical tourism destinations.

What procedures do people travel for?

People are traveling for all sorts of procedures, from something as simple as a colonoscopy to heart surgery. The most popular elective procedures people travel for are: Cosmetic surgery, dental treatment, full medical check-ups, ophthalmology, orthopedics, and weight loss/bariatric procedures. The most popular non-elective procedures include: Cardiology, spinal surgery, gynecology, and many general surgeries.

Costa Rica Medical Tourism – Why make us your medical travel destination?

Quality Medical Care: To begin with, the health care standards in Costa Rica actually surpass standards in countries considered First World, including the United States. This goes to show the quality of care that is offered in Costa Rica, and it is not a knock against the health care system in the US.

Strategic Location: Costa Rica is in Central America, a short 3.5 hour flight from Houston, only 2.5 hours from Miami, and only 5.5 hours from New York and Los Angeles. This makes Costa Rica readily accessible from anywhere in the United States since you can either fly directly (there are 20 direct flights from the US to Costa Rica) or you can easily make a connection to and from and of the major hubs that offer non-stop flights.

Temperature: Moreover, even though this is a tropical country, the temperature is actually very pleasant, averaging 72 degrees year round. Temperatures can get into the 90s, especially as you go into the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, but you can also expect pleasant evenings as the ocean breeze starts to come in. You can also expect cool evenings as you get up into the mountains, where temperatures can go into the 50′s, depending on the region.

Climate: There is only a dry season (December to April), and a rainy season (May to November), when you will have warm, dry mornings and afternoon rain showers that can extend into the early evening. There can be cool evenings during the dry season, especially in December and January, and the temperature can actually drop into the 50s and even high 40s if you are up in the mountains.

Time Zone: Unlike other medical travel destinations, especially Asian destinations, Costa Rica is on CST (United States Central Standard Time) or UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) -6. This makes communication back and forth much easier, and it simplifies travel since you won’t have to go across more than 10 time zones to get to your destination like you would if you were to fly to Turkey, India, or Thailand.

JCI Accreditation: There are three Joint Commission International accredited hospitals in Costa Rica. This ensures:

• Quality control procedures meeting international standards are in place, followed, and documented.
• The level of patient care is raised by having to meet high standards.
• Hospitals are encouraged to show accountability, and this is especially important in a rapidly changing health care marketplace.

Why should Costa Rica medical tourism be at the top of your list of destination?

No other country in the world offers the unique combination of a strategic location with proximity to most major North American cities, political stability, quality of life, JCI accredited medical facilities, state-of-the-art medical technology, highly qualified medical professionals and staff, price, and a top sustainable tourism destination, among others. It is these factors, and many others which should help put Costa Rica at the top of your medical travel destinations.

Why should you select Medical Tours Costa Rica to help set up all of your travel and health care arrangements?

Over the past 5 years, Medical Tours Costa Rica has managed coordination of care for over 2,000 US patients and over 700 Canadian patients, as well as patients from destinations as varied and distant as England and Australia. Company co-founders, Brad and Bill Cook, are recognized experts in the health travel industry.

They have been asked to lend their expertise by the governments of Costa Rica (Promed) and Colombia (ProExport). They have also been asked to conduct training in the United States (San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Atlanta and Houston, just to name a few), Korea, Guatemala, Mexico, and Canada, among others. When you use services provide by Medical Tours Costa Rica, you are accessing over a decade’s worth of experience and knowledge in medical tourism services, and you will be able to use the vast network of doctors, hospitals, and after-care facilities that Brad and Bill, through Medical Tours Costa Rica, have set up for patient comfort and convenience.

How can you make use of the vast network, knowledge, and expertise offered by Medical Tours Costa Rica?

To start the Costa Rica medical tourism process, simply fill out the contact form, and one of our medical tourism consultants will contact you, usually within 1 business day, with a free quote without obligation, or more information. Alternatively, you can call 1-866-665-6433, Monday to Friday, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM CST, and you can speak directly to a medical tourism consultant.