Asia: Medical Tourism an Uncertain Prescription for Asian Economies

March 21, 2014

(IMTJ) – But medical tourism also creates social and health risks for countries investing in the sector. Investment in medical tourism can drain resources from the public health sector and divert attention away from the less profitable health needs of the local population. High paying jobs in the medical tourism sector can increase the flow of workers from the public to private sector and from rural to urban areas, as has been the case in Thailand and Malaysia.