<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN' 'http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd'>; <html><head><title>Article Directory Online : Free Online Article Submission - Articleonlinedirectory | Costa Rica Vacations And Medical Tourism: World Class Accredited Hospitals And Care</title></head><body><h3>Costa Rica Vacations And Medical Tourism: World Class Accredited Hospitals And Care</h3><br /><br />By: <br /><br /><p>Without question that American medical and dental costs are the most expensive in the world. The average person or his or her insurance company pays about twice as much as a resident in the next most expensive country. <br /> <br /> Today, perhaps fifty million U.S. residents cannot afford medical or dental coverage, For them, insult adds to injury since hospitals bill uninsured patients much more for services than people having adequate coverage.<br /> <br /> It is a shame that the U.S. allows so many families to suffer. Indeed, it is the only First World country to ignore its own citizens and residents. <br /> <br /> Certainly, if you do not have that kind of money you always have this option: put up with your plight. <br /> <br /> This is where medical care in Costa Rica comes in for thousands of suffering American tourists. Why? Because they know that they can save up to 65% in this little country for the same procedures they would receive in the United States. Every year, more than 25,000 people, mostly from the U.S., board a jet or cruise ship and head south for medical care in tropical Costa Rica. <br /> <br /> Only the world's finest hospitals have Joint Commission International Accreditation. There are thousands and thousands of hospitals on the globe but only a small percentage reach the excellence for JCI accreditation. <br /> <br /> Three Costa Rica hospitals are JCI accredited, providing assurance that they meet the highest international benchmarks for hospitals and patient care. <br /> <br /> Those hospitals are Cima, Clinical Biblica, and La Catolica Hospital, all in or very near to San Jose, the country's capitol. <br /> <br /> This tropical paradise offers internationally accredited medical hospitals and board certified doctors, many who have studied and trained in the United States and other world renowned universities. The care in Costa Rica rival the quality of anywhere but at prices that boggle one's mind.<br /> <br /> Lasik eye surgery that can cost $5,000 in America is less than $2,000. <br /> <br /> Cosmetic surgery accounts for more than 13% of all tourists medical care in Costa Rica. More and more women come for face lifts. Instead of paying $10,000 in an American clinic or hospital, they hop a plane, pay $3,000 or less, get the procedure they want, recuperate in a tropical paradise on a Costa Rica vacation, and go home with money in their pocket. <br /> <br /> Others go on vacation to Costa Rica and, while there, undergo breast augmentation. The cost? About $3,200 or so. That is thousands less than in the United States.<br /> <br /> Seriously injured Americans find similar savings. If you do not have medical coverage and need total knee replacement surgery in the U.S., expect a $30,000 bill. Or, take a Costa Rica vacation. Clinica Biblica charges less than $12,000 for the same procedure. <br /> <br /> In addition to the three JCI accredited hospitals, three clinics are accredited by the American Association for the Accreditation of Ambulatory Facilities. They are Sonrisa Por Todo (Smiles for Everyone) which provides dental care and Pino Plastic Surgery and UNIBE (University of Iberamerica) for surgical and ambulatory care.<br /> <br /> 35% of all medical tourists in this Central American country travel there for dental surgery or dental implants. Implants that cost $3,000 in the U.S. are between $500-$750 in Costa Rica. Cavities are painless fixed with state of the art laser techniques for about $25 apiece. Periodontal surgery that is at least $2,500 in America is about $400. <br /> <br /> Dispel the myth that American health care is the best in the world. More and more Americans have learned that care in Costa Rica rivals that of the United States, but at a third of the cost. That is why 25,000 Americans essentially outsource their own dental and medical care to a little foreign country.</p> <br /><br /><b>Author Resource:-></b> Victor C. Krumm lives in sunny Costa Rica and writes the beautiful <a href=http://www.costarica-discover-it.com>Costa Rica Vacations</a> website. Check out the great <a href=http://www.costarica-discover-it.com/costa-rica-beaches.html>Costa Rica Beaches</a><br /><br /><b>Article From</b> <a href='http://www.articleonlinedirectory.com/'>Article Directory Online : Free Online Article Submission - Articleonlinedirectory</a><br /></body></html>
