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Why Korea?

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  • 게시 날짜 2019-11-11
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Korea is emerging as a new leader on the global healthcare market through quality services, advanced medical technologies, relatively affordable medical costs, fast and efficient diagnostics and therapeutic services, cutting-edge hardware and IT-based infrastructure.


Strengths of the Korean Medical System

1. World’s Best Medical Technology
Unsurpassed competency in treatments for difficult diseases, such cancer, cardiovascular and spinal disorders, and complicated procedures such as transplants.

In 2015, Korea was recognized as the third-largest market for
plastic surgery in the world, next only to the United States and Brazil.
The Korean plastic surgery market is estimated to be KRW 5 trillion in
annual value, making up almost 25 percent of the entire global market value,
estimated at KRW 21 trillion.
With 650,000 operations performed annually, Korea is ranked in the seventh place in terms of the absolute number of plastic surgery operations performed each year, as opposed to the United States where plastic surgery is most frequently performed (3,110,000 annually). When these numbers are converted into the per-population ratio, however, the rankings are reversed.
With 13.5 plastic surgery operations performed for every 1,000, Korea tops the rankings, followed by Greece (12.5 per 1,000), Italy (11.6 per 1,000), and the United States (9.9 per 1,000).

There is growing interest worldwide in tooth whitening, orthodontics, and double jaw (orthognathic) surgery.
Korea is famous worldwide for its topnotch cosmetic dentistry.
Korean cosmetic dentistry businesses are rapidly increasing their share of the global market, and already boast a 40-percent combined share of the Chinese market.

2. Excellent Medical Practitioners & Medical Facilities
Hospitals in Korea boast of excellent medical practitioners and facilities. The Korean government has a strict regulation over the hospitals to ensure the optimum medical services.
All hospitals in Korea are nonprofit organizations and they put the safety and satisfaction of patients ahead of profits.
The OECD statistics count only hospitals, and do not reflect statistics concerning clinics, dental clinics, traditional herbal medicine clinics, and midwifery centers common in Korea.

3. Affordable Medical Costs
In Korea, patients can receive high quality of health care and treatments at affordable prices through cutting-edge hardware and infrastructure.
Medical costs in Korea are only 20-30% of those in the United States or Japan while medical services are still on a similarly high level. The medical bills in Korea are even cheaper than those in China, and comparable to the rates charged by private clinics in Singapore.

4. Accessibility and Safety
As Korea is easily reached from major cities in Asia, North America and Europe, patients can enjoy a more comfortable journey to Korea.
The Korean government has the certification policy for hospitals receiving foreign patients to guarantee a high level of medical services for them.
Various support systems are available to foreign patients such as medical visa, medical translator or coordinator services, etc.

5. Korean Medicine in Korea
Korean Medicine is unique and practical medicine practices native to Korea that have been inherited for more than five thousand years in Korea.
Korean Medicine treats body and state of mind as one connected network that emphasizes its connection with the surrounding environment for harmony and balance. Korean Medicine diagnoses patients using scientific diagnostic equipment and prescribes different medicine customized for each patient. In addition, Korean Medicine uses various treatments, including moxibustion, acupuncture, chuna and herbal medicine.
Recently, Korean Medicine is globally recognized as the next generation medicine along with complementary alternative medicine (CAM). In terms of severe diseases such as cancer, musculoskeletal disorders, and intractable diseases, the scientific treatment methods and cases of Korean Medicine has already been proved and are constantly in research.

6. Korean Wave
K-pop, K-beauty, and K-fashion are emerging as hot trends in many countries worldwide today and Korean pop culture is spreading rapidly across the globe.
Thanks to Korean TV series, movies and beauty products, the number of international medical tourists visiting Korea for beauty and traditional medicine treatment or experience has been on steady rise.
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