UK: Medical tourism provides lucrative source of NHS income

November 21, 2013

International patients coming to the UK for private medical treatment are a lucrative source of income for the NHS, but more UK residents travel abroad for treatment than international patients travel to the UK for private or NHS treatment. This is according to a new study,’Medical tourism: a cost or benefit to the NHS? ‘ published in PLOS ONE, by researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the University of York. Lead author is Johanna Hanefeld. The research is funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Services and Delivery Research Programme. (IMTJ)