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In the last three years, I have traveled to 30 countries within the US, Europe, Middle East and Asia to understand healthcare scenarios in each country. The result is obvious that unequal economy, unequal care, unequal health spending and unequal healthcare services bring nothing but unequal challenges for each country.

On the whole, people are healthier, wealthier and live longer today than 30 years ago. There have been significant improvements in access to water, sanitation, communicable diseases and antenatal care. There have never been more resources available for health than now. However, there are other trends that must not be ignored. First, the substantial progress in health over recent decades has been deeply unequal, with convergence towards improved health in a large part of the world, but at the same time, a considerable number of countries are increasingly lagging behind or losing ground, as reported by the World Health Organization.

The healthcare system worldwide is observing significant issues arising from a shift in diseases, an increase of non-communicable and chronic disorders, Baby Boomers and an aging population, a fragmented healthcare system, commercialization of healthcare and increases in the cost of care while countries are facing a shrinking healthcare budget. Moreover, there is very little anticipation and slow response by authorities to tackle such challenges. Many government bodies are engaged in the management of diseases, and are not at all close to the prevention programs, which presents a major problem.

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Morever, in this guidebook, we have discussed about Healthcare system in 50 countries and quality of healthcare, soon we will put information about healthcare crises in each country.


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Wednesday
Feb092011

Healthcare in Costa Rica

Excerpts from Dr Prem's Guidebook - Medical Tourism.

Healthcare System in Costa Rica

A history of commitment to health and social reform has resulted in Costa Rica demonstrating some of the best health outcomes of any country in Latin America.  These outcomes are yielded because of a well-developed publicly funded comprehensive health care system built on the principles of universal coverage and equality.

The public sector is the predominant health care sector in Costa Rica. The healthcare industry statistics state that thirty per cent of the population used the private sector for medical care in 2001 and 24 per cent of doctors worked at least partly in the private sector.

 

Quality of Healthcare in Costa Rica

With three JCI accredited hospitals under its belt, Costa Rica is slowly emerging to be one the finest medical tourism destinations. Foreigners are flocking to Costa Rica as they combine a vacation in a beautiful eco-friendly destination with top quality medical care. Costa Rica has modern hospitals and state-of-the-art clinics which utilize the latest in medical technologies and board-certified surgeons who are trained and certified in North America or Europe.

 

Do not copy. Content Protected by Smart software. Excerpts from Dr Prem's Guidebook - Global Healthcare. | Note: Medical Tourism is often interchanged with the terms 'Medical Travel' 'Health Travel' 'Healthcare Travel' 'Health Tourism' 'Cross Border Healthcare' 'Wellness Tourism' and 'Global Healthcare'. Read more about these terms in guidebook.

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