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Ranked 1 st
on the list? Canada Overall ................................................................... a sound bite. With the internet
in Destination Environment
78.69
Score
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Economy, Safety and Image
77.56
1 st
Culture
MTI Score
Dimension 1
Dimension 2
Dimension 3
76.62
Quality of Facilities and Services
Destination Environment
Medical Tourism Industry
Ranked 1 st 2 nd 81.53 fueled by an increasingly more
Ranked 4 th

With a population of a little over 35 million, this North American in Medical Tourism Industry
destination is the 11 th largest economy by nominal GDP and one 74.14
of the wealthiest nations in the world. Its healthcare system is predatory pharmaceutical

1. Canada 1. India 1. Israel public funded but mainly provided by private enterprises, and
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it does not include coverage of prescription medications. The
private healthcare industry also complements anything that is not
Ranking
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Score
covered by the public healthcare system. The destination is heavily
Destination Attractiveness
dependent on the service industry, which employs approximately
77.88
2. UK 77.30 2. Colombia 74.96 2. Germany 75% of its working population, leaving the oil industry, mixed in 27 th Medical Tourism Costs 72.57 industry** and social media
77.10
3. Singapore 73.26 3. Mexico 74.17 3. India the remaining 25%. Being one of two destinations in the world
that share a border with the United States, there is an opportunity
4. Israel 67.56 4. Canada 74.13 4. Canada 77.02 1 st 75.70
advantage of its medical tourism industry and its medical facilities.
76.94
5. Germany 67.50 5. Dominican Republic 73.85 5. UK to bring potential incremental business from the south to take
6. France 66.88 66.47 6. Thailand 73.25 73.20 6. Singapore Canada scores high in the main factors that drive medical tourism. Ranked 4 th trolling for click bate targeted
76.63
7.
South Korea
75.59
7. Costa Rica
7. Italy
Medical Tourism Index is the first academically validated tool 8. Spain 65.96 65.65 64.74 8. Italy 73.01 72.83 72.73 8. France The destination was ranked 1 st out of 41 for destination environment, in Quality of the Facility and Services
®
74.86
because it is a wealthy, democratic and developed nation with a
73.94
9. Jamaica
9. Jamaica
9. Japan
77.01
72.49
10. South Korea
10. Panama
solid government that does not allow corruption. Surprisingly, it
10. Dubai
70.94
11. Panama
top ranked healthcare costs. This means that Canada’s private
12. India 63.37 63.26 11. Israel 72.58 72.32 11. Italy also scores high on the medical tourism factor, boosted by its at an undiscerning public; the
12. Colombia
12. Brazil
70.86
developed to measure the perception of a destination for med- 13. Poland 62.87 62.69 13. France 71.92 70.79 13. Thailand healthcare system is extremely competitive when it comes to ..................................................................
70.14
pricing its services for medical, surgical or dental interventions,
Ranking
14. Argentina
Score
69.76
14. Taiwan
14. Japan
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taking advantage of the existing infrastructure and its capacity.
69.69
15. Dominican Republic 62.62
Quality Care
16. Costa Rica 62.61 62.60 15. Singapore 70.79 70.54 15. Spain In the end, this gives them enough power to attract and market Reputation 74.48 sheer practice of reporting
68.89
16. Philippines
16. Abu Dhabi
3 th
its medical tourism industry to the world. Also, the quality of its
17. Colombia
ical tourism. 18. Dubai 61.71 61.44 18. Germany 70.32 70.15 18. Panama facilities and its staff expertise gets them ranked 4 th , which sends 7 th Internationalization and Accreditation 76.09
67.86
17. UK
17. Argentina
70.38
67.69
the northern nation to the top of the medical tourism index.
19. Philippines
19. Philippines
19. South Korea
67.23
69.23
20. Costa Rica
20. Taiwan
67.21
67.17
69.10
21. China 60.81 59.42 20. Spain 68.41Medical 4 th 77.79 Jimmy Kimmel and Molly McNearney at the Los Angeles premiere of ‘Office Christmas Party’
21. China
21. Taiwan
22. Abu Dhabi 58.63 22. Dubai 68.42 22. Dominican Republic 66.98 Patient Experience empirical facts can be a daunting
23. Argentina 58.11 23. China 23. Brazil 65.34 3 th 78.06
24. Brazil 57.99 24. Malta 67.34 24. Qatar 64.58
25. Malta 57.58 25. Japan 67.33 25. South Africa 64.12 © 2016-2017 Medical Tourism Index. All Rights Reserved P8 held at the Regency Village Theatre in Westwood, USA on December 7, 2016.
26. Malta
64.01
66.99
26. South Africa 57.31 56.40 26. Morocco 66.04Tourism Index exercise. Although challenging,
Learn how to improve your ranking through capacity building 28. Egypt 55.25 54.65 51.98 28. Egypt 65.17 65.16 28. Jamaica 63.03 62.09 61.42
66.60
63.35
27. Turkey
27. Poland
27. Thailand
29. Poland
29. Egypt
29. Qatar
30. South Africa
30. Oman
30. Jordan
31. Russia
61.15
63.44
and destination development programs offered by 31. Morocco 51.42 50.83 50.00 31. Abu Dhabi 55.992016-2017 This begs the question, how “To be invalidated, discredited separating fact from fiction is
32. Turkey
32. Turkey
61.04
61.39
32. Tunisia
33. Qatar
60.90
33. Jordan
60.98
33. Morocco
59.62
59.94
34. Russia
49.96
34. Russia
34. Tunisia
49.34
35. Tunisia
35. Jordan
59.63
59.25
35. Oman
Global Healthcare Resources®, Inc. 36. Mexico 48.84 46.16 44.68 42.70 36. Oman 59.45 36. Mexico 59.10 58.61 58.33 57.27 much convenience do we really or debunked in reporting paramount in the advancement
37. Kuwait
37. Saudi Arabia
37. Saudi Arabia
54.71
38. Bahrain
38. Lebanon
38. Bahrain
39. Saudi Arabia
39. Kuwait
54.62
39. Kuwait
40. Lebanon 40.72 40. Bahrain 53.80 40. Lebanon 54.92
42. Iran 27.22 41. Iran 40.84 41. Iran 39.94 of stem cell sciences’ basic
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info@GlobalHealthcareResources.com Who can forget Jimmy stood the test of time and are tenets.
Kimmel, popular late night host corroborated by a jury of peers
describing to millions of viewers is so many kinds of wrong,”
2016-2017 Top 5 Destinations in May with the repeal of the says Dr. Dana Churchill. waccording to M. Nasar
Affordable Care Act hanging in There is enough intentional Qureshi, M.D. and Immediate
Overall Rank Destination Medical Quality of Facilities the balance) how torn he was misinformation in the media Past President of APPNA, the
Environment Tourism Industry & Services
1. Canada 76.62 when told his new son was today without making the entire Association of Physicians of
1. Canada 78.69 1. India 75.94 1. Israel 81.60 born with a life threatening stem cell community suffer for Pakistani Descent of North
2. UK 74.87
2. UK 77.30 2. Colombia 74.96 2. Germany 77.88 birth defect. Admitting to his a hasty misrepresentation of America.
3. Israel 73.91 affluence and privilege; Kimmel the facts resulting in misguided
3. Singapore 73.26 3. Mexico 74.17 3. India 77.10
4. Singapore 73.56 4. Israel 67.56 4. Canada 74.13 4. Canada 77.02 made an emotional plea that setbacks. “It is heartening that
advancements in stem cell
5. India 72.10 5. Germany 67.50 5. Dominican Republic 73.85 5. UK 76.94 no family should have to make Even more odious is intentional science are taking place on
medical and health decisions
based on one’s ability to pay. deception motivated by greed a global scale. By its very
Adding, “If your parents didn’t as is the case of headlines that nature stem cell research
2016-2017 MTI Overall Ranking have medical insurance or shout “Babies from Stem Cells” and treatment has become an
were affluent, you might not and “Mail Order Tests Check international pursuit propelled
1. Canada 76.62 16. Dubai 67.54 31. Morocco 59.77 have lived long enough to be Cells for Early Aging” or the by ongoing improvements in
2. UK 74.87 17. Jamaica 67.17 32. Turkey 59.49 denied for having a pre-existing Charles Vacanti’s hoax. The Medical Tourism”, confirms
3. Israel 73.91 18. Thailand 66.60 33. Jordan 57.02 condition.” viral internet meme ‘Earmouse’ Holmes Stoner, Founder of the
4. Singapore 73.56 19. Philippines 66.40 34. Russia 57.01 touted by the popular media as Pacific Rim Business Council.
5. India 72.10 20. Taiwan 66.28 35. Oman 56.90 Stem Cell research and proof of the aberrant nature of Case in point is the Jilin Yue
6. Germany 71.90 21. Argentina 65.37 36. Tunisia 56.78 applications are also being stem cells was simply a piece Tan Hospital in Changchun
7. France 71.22 22. Brazil 65.22 37. Kuwait 52.69 thwarted by the public’s of cow cartilage that Vacanti City, Jilin, China. Commended
8. South Korea 70.16 23. China 64.78 38. Saudi Arabia 52.43 voracious need to know. surgically implanted in Mickey’s for their breaking down of
9. Italy 69.50 24. Poland 63.79 39. Bahrain 51.99 The proliferation of media back. geographical cultural barriers
10. Colombia 69.48 25. Abu Dhabi 63.65 40. Lebanon 49.92 hucksters wreaking havoc the institute and hospital serves
11. Spain 68.29 26. Malta 62.97 41. Iran 36.00 on the legitimate pursuit of “No matter the scientist to advance medical tourism
and the free exchange of stem
12. Japan 68.00 27. South Africa 62.20 pure science is an especially country of origin the inherent
Americas malicious form of fake news. As danger of distorting findings cell therapies.” With satellites
13. Panama 67.93 28. Egypt 60.92 Europe the adage states “if it seems too without the benefit of expert in Malaysia, Viet Nam and the
14. Costa Rica 67.67 29. Mexico 60.70 Asia good to be true….” one should peer review impedes the Philippines; Jilun Yue Tan has
15. Dominican Republic 67.58 30. Qatar 60.07 Middle East & GCC / Africa cast suspicion on claims of universal scientific community been managing cell therapy
sensational results. while endangering the patient,” centers since year 2002.
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