Health Tourism in Colombia
Health tourism is the process in which a person travels to receive health services in a country other than the one in which they reside.
Categories of Health services
Curative Medicine
I want to address my specific medical concern. Promotes the good health of people through multiple modalities to treat, understand and improve the quality of life with a disease
Preventive medicine
I want to optimize my health to prevent illness or injury – Identify risk factors and understand disease prevention better – Optimizes health through transitions – healthy aging, pregnancy, etc.
Aesthetic Medicine
I want to look better so I can feel better about myself Denotes satisfaction with one’s own physical appearance
Inspired Wellness
I want to feel good emotionally doing something good for me Social: satisfaction with relationships and performance in social roles Spiritual / mental: degree in which a person feels positive and enthusiastic about himself and the physical / environmental life: physical activity, healthy food and nutrition, relationship with the environment
“E” Services
Reading diagnostic images, Laboratory tests
Actual trends
Health services are migrating in two major avenues under the concept of well-being and pure curative medicine
Principal statistics