Costa Rica healthcare is of an extremely high standard on a worldwide scale. Not only individuals but also companies and insurance groups are now preferring Costa Rica healthcare to healthcare in their own home countries.

Each month airlines are announcing more direct flights to Costa Rica to meet the increasing demand for tourists not only for adventure vacations but increasingly for medical tourism and health and wellness vacations.

Top reasons medical tourists leave their home country to experience Costa Rica healthcare

Medical tourists are leaving their home countries and seeking Costa Rica healthcare for a variety of reasons:

• long wait lines in their home country
• high cost of treatment in their home country
• non-availability of treatment in their home country
• high health insurance premiums in their home country
• self-funded companies and insurance groups offering Costa Rica healthcare as an option to their employees and members

Why Costa Rica healthcare?

Costa Rica healthcare is extremely popular for the following reasons:

• Savings – up to 75% savings on treatment costs compared to the United States – Compare Prices
• Standards – Quality health providers – there are many US accredited hospitals and clinics
• Location – just a few hours from United States and Canada
• Professionals – up to 80% of Costa Rican doctors have studied and practiced internationally
• Stability – Costa Rica has both political and economic stability
• Destination – Costa Rica is a world-renowned tourist destination – plenty to health visitors to explore
• Reputation – Costa Rica is names as one of the top locations to retire due to the quality of Costa Rica healthcare
• Happy Nation – Costa Rica ranks first in the Happy Nation index since 2009

Costa Rica healthcare – third most popular medical tourism destination for North Americans

In 2013 almost 1million medical tourists left North America. Costa Rica was the third most popular destination, following Mexico and Thailand, but above destinations such as India & Singapore. (Patients Beyond Borders & Reuters 2014).

Costa Rica healthcare does not promise to be the cheapest, but Costa Rica offers geographical proximity plus substantial cost savings combined with high international standards of quality care and successful outcomes.

Read more in our latest article for Enespera magazine.

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