Middle East and Gulf Medical Tourism Report 2022: No Guarantee that Previous Trends will Return to How They Were in 2019
Dublin, Oct. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Medical Tourism 2022: Middle East and Gulf Potential" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
The winds of change are sweeping across medical tourism in the Middle East and Gulf.
Once seen as just a source for other medical tourism destinations, some Middle East and Gulf states have taken stock and have or will seek to increase inbound medical tourism and reduce outbound medical tourism.
Outbound medical tourism costs millions of dollars in exchange revenue but often looks to have massive inbound medical tourism potential. Huge expatriate numbers confuse the situation. Some states want to be destinations but will not succeed.
This unique analysis of regional medical tourism looks forward rather than back as the pandemic changed the rules of engagement forever.
Medical tourism in 2022 and beyond will not be a restart of how it was left in 2019 and earlier as there is no guarantee that previous trends will return.
This report looks at the potential and future in the context of how the Middle East and Gulf countries are improving healthcare, Medical tourism is too often looked at in isolation from mainstream tourism and ignoring vital information on local healthcare, compulsory health insurance and private health insurance.
The author is a specialist analyst, researcher, writer and publisher who for the last 30 years has specialised in medical tourism, international healthcare and international health insurance. The report offers a holistic view with profiles of leading countries.
A key section profiles 8 top existing and potential medical tourism destinations in the Middle East- for inbound and outbound. Another section profiles another 9 leading medical tourism sources.
For those new to medical tourism, there is background such as how published numbers can be misleading, the role of key accreditors and why people become medical tourists.
Who is the report for?
Professionals working in global healthcare markets
Hospital and clinic groups operating internationally
International patient departments
Travel and medical travel agents
Banks and other financial institutions
Investors and private equity
International insurers
National government policy-makers
Travel and tourism organisations
Lawyers
Policy advisors
Think tanks
Management consultants
Key Topics Covered:
1. INTRODUCTION
Africa overview
Future of medical tourism overview
2. PREDICTIONS
Five reasons to be optimistic
How will medical travel be different?
How medical tourism will evolve
Moving away from price
Future of medical tourism in 2022
Global healthcare
The new normal
Against the new normal
An alternative view of global travel
How to save medical tourism from itself
Reputation
Future of air travel
Diaspora medical tourism
Future of health insurance and healthcare
Build back better
What got you here, won't get you there
Medical tourism predictions
3. TOP MIDDLE EAST DESTINATIONS
Top 8 existing and potential medical tourism destinations in the Middle East
Abu Dhabi
Bahrain
Dubai
Egypt
Iran
Israel
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
4. INBOUND COUNTRY PROFILES
Overview
Potential
Risks
Medical tourism numbers in
Reliability of numbers
Medical tourism numbers targets
Medical tourism visas
Where medical tourists come from
Why inbound medical tourists go there
Inbound medical tourism treatments
Hospitals and clinics in medical tourism
Target markets by country
Medical tourism promotion
Medical tourism financial incentives and grants
Medical tourism at airports and airlines
Medical tourism revenue
Medical tourism revenue targets
Domestic medical tourism
Medical tourism regulation
Medical tourism price regulation
Compulsory travel insurance for visitors
Promotional organisations
5. OUTBOUND INFORMATION ON INBOUND PROFILES
Medical tourism numbers out
Medical tourism outbound spending
Where medical tourists go
Why outbound medical tourists go abroad
Health insurers and medical tourism
6. BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON INBOUND PROFILES
Tourists 2019
Population 2021
Expatriate numbers
Diaspora
Healthcare
Healthcare regulators
State health insurance
State health insurance top-up
Compulsory health insurance
7. TOP MIDDLE EAST SOURCES
Top 9 medical tourism sources in the Middle East
These are countries NOT listed as existing or potential destinations
Iraq
Kuwait
Lebanon
Libya
Oman
Qatar
Syria
UAE
Yemen
8. OUTBOUND PROFILES
Medical tourism numbers out
Medical tourism outbound spending
Where medical tourists go
Why outbound medical tourists go abroad
Health insurers and medical tourism
Tourists 2019
Population 2021
Expatriate numbers
Diaspora
Healthcare
Healthcare regulators
State health insurance
State health insurance top-up
Compulsory health insurance
9. MEDICAL TOURISM BACKGROUND
Introduction
History of medical tourism
Wellness and medical tourism
UNWTO definitions
Global figures on medical tourism
International patients
Why migration alters figures
Global medical tourism figures by country
Global medical tourism country figures illusions
International medical tourism
Regional medical tourism
Domestic medical tourism
Distribution
Agents
Agency requirements of hospitals
Airlines
Direct chat
International medical accreditation
Legal and ethical issues
Price comparisons
Price regulation
Smartphones
Why do people become medical tourists
Defining medical tourists
Cancer
Cosmetic surgery
Diabetes treatment
Eyecare
Obesity treatment
Organ transplants
Medical tourism and insurance
10. LEADING ACCREDITATION ORGANISATIONS
ACHS International
Acreditas Global
Accreditation Canada
American Accreditation Commission International
American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities International
Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care
COHSASA
DNV-GL Healthcare
Global Clinic Rating
Global Healthcare Accreditation
Global Healthcare Travel Council
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Programme
International Organisation for Standardisation
International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery
International Society for Quality in Health Care
International Society for Quality in Health Care External Evaluation Organisation
Joint Commission International
KTQ International
SafeCare
Temos
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