correction: NY Times Health section, not the Washington Post ----- Original Message ----- From: gor...@earthlink.net To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 10:19 PM Subject: Re: [TMIC] travel for medical purposes
I misplaced the original email on this subject, so I don't know who to address here, I apologize. I happened on this article today and thought it might be of interest. Regarding travelling abroad for serious medical care, or any medical care I guess, here is an interesting article the washington Post published: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/21/health/21patient.html?em - I would consider Googling and then calling on the person identified in this article as follows before I spent any money: "But there are no comprehensive data that adequately compare overseas surgical outcomes or other quality measures to those used in the United States, said Dr. Sharon Kleefield of the Harvard Medical School and a specialist in overseas health care quality measures. "No matter how high your hospital is rated, there are issues with regard to quality and safety when you travel for medical treatment," she said." [my highlight and bold] This is referenced in the above article but thought it was important enough to highlight: http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/31/medicaltourism.pdf "New AMA Guidelines on Medical Tourism"
