Brazil

Long supported a very well established medical tourism and cosmetic surgery industry. As the reputation and skill of Brazilian plastic surgeons are known world-wide, cosmetic surgery remains the major draw. In recent years, the demand for obesity surgeries, among others, has been on the increase.

Costa Rica

University of Costa Rica found that 14.25% of all visitors to Costa Rica were coming here to receive some sort of medical care, most of which was cosmetic surgery and dental work. In Costa Rica, dental tourism continues to attract an influx of medical tourist's majority of who are from the US because of its low costs.

Czech Republic

One of the most popular destinations in Czech Republic for American tourists is the capital city, Prague, where country's best clinics are easily accessible. Dental treatment is the country's strong point, with a large number of dental clinics offering a full range of procedures using modern techniques and equipment and offering a standard of service comparable with the country.

India

India is not only a global leader in medical tourism but it's the sole and only cheapest destination for medical tourism. Concentrating and delivering the best of heart surgery and hip replacement surgery India leads the race with top of the class dental surgery, and the alternative medicine viz Ayurvedic and Spa treatment as cheery on the cake for Indian medical tourism industry.

Jordan

The World Bank medical tourism experts ranked Jordan number one in the Arab region and the fifth in the world as a medical tourism hub. A study prepared by the Private Hospital Association (PHA) indicated that over 250,000 patients from around 84 Arab and foreign countries were treated in Jordanian private hospitals, clinics and medical centres last year.

Korea

In Korea, private hospitals and clinics account for 92.6 percent of all facilities and 87.4 percent in terms of beds. The efforts of South Korean government's increase is direct foreign investment in the healthcare sector aims at attract an additional $15 billion towards reinforcing the country's healthcare facilities by the year 2010. With the Korean recognized hospitals successfully attracting a total of 16,000 patients from abroad last year and an expected improvement aiming to hit 100,000 by 2012.

Malaysia

An international and a very crucial hub with one stop shop for all sort of treatment Malaysian medical tourism is superiorly projected by government. Highly equipped hospitals with sufficiently trained professional staff for cosmetic surgery, dental surgery, Cardiac procedure, alternative medicine and health spa's Malaysia is suppose to be one among the cheapest and best destinations.

Mexico

The next door country to USA with a common border Mexico is firmly established as an upper middle-income country. Mexico is a newly industrialized country. Mexico is one of the major destinations for medical tourism with sophisticatedly equipped hospital, highly qualified dentist, doctors and trained professional from US enables Mexico is attracting a huge flow of international patient. Lap Band Bariatric surgery was actually invented in Mexico.

Philippines

Philippines boasts of world-class medical healthcare in fact the system is mostly patterned after the USA model. The most common procedure catered are Cardiology, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Hematology, Endocrinology, Medical Oncology-Radiotherapy, Neurology, Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) Surgery, Dentistry and Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery.

Singapore

With the annual footfall of 200,000 international patients from every corner of the planet, Singapore has emerged as the most adorable destination for medical tourism. It's a cosmopolitan and culturally vibrant state with the ultra-high standard of private medical care and having safety as its top priority it also possess its own reputation for cleanliness which again favors the industry.

Spain

Spain health and medical care to Europe is like Brazilian, or Mexican medical care to USA, it is the best and an integral part of European medical travel industry. Spanish healthcare system has improved in leaps and bounds and is capable enough of catering the most effective, least time consuming and highly up-to-date care at a very reduced costs. Providing the best solutions for procedures like hip replacements and coronary bypasses, cosmetic surgery, obesity and dental treatment are also widely available.

Taiwan

"Taiwan" is also commonly used to refer to the territories governed by the Republic of China (ROC). The total number hospitals by 2004 year end was 590, which included 556 hospitals of Western medicine (88 public hospitals and 168 private hospitals) and 34 hospitals of Chinese medicine (2 public hospitals and 32 private hospitals) providing treatments for Liver transplant, Cardiovascular Surgery, Craniofacial Reconstruction, Joint Replacement, Artificial Reproduction, and others.

Thailand

The state-of-art clinics and hospitals, greater English speaking population and being accustomed of catering foreign tourist since a long span, Thailand is the highly established and recommended destination for medical tourism. With wide range of procedures from hip and joint replacements to LASIK surgery, cosmetic surgery, knee replacement surgery, in-vitro fertilization and even bypass heart surgery under its belt.

Turkey

Turkey outstands as home for its renounced in-vitro fertilization, best dental procedures and the only provider of some elective procedure that even insurance policies don't cover. Beneficiary of its European proximity, Turkey has number of great hospitals enriched with expertise doctors, state-of-art equipments with quality end results. This establishes Turkey as one of the major player on the world map of medical tourism.

UAE

UAE has gained access to the highest quality medical equipment and healthcare infrastructure. This wealth, coupled with a desire to have the best, has brought the medical facilities up to par with the best in the western countries. UAE also has access to highly skilled pool of medical staff including doctors, surgeons, and nurses. Recently doctors and hospitals in the UAE have also started cooperating with foreign universities where knowledge flows in both directions.

USA

Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins, Cleveland Clinic, Texas Medical Center, together with nine medical facilities in Philadelphia, are the domestic drivers of medical tourism alone reporting more than 30,000 patients from 100 different countries last year. The USA's medical industry comprises of more than 750,000 physicians and 5,200 hospitals. USA witnesses approximately 3.8 million inpatient visits and 20 million outpatients visit on a daily basis.