‘Medical Tourism’ Kicks In

May 21, 2014

(The Korea Times) – The number of foreign patients treated in Korea rose 32.5 percent to more than 211,000 last year, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Tuesday. As a result, domestic hospitals and clinics’ revenue from treating foreign patients rose 47 percent to 3.93 trillion won in 2013 from 2.67 trillion won in 2012. Each patient spent 1.86 million won on average ? up 10.7 percent from a year earlier.