Korea

In favor of a high level of development of the medical system of South Korea, the boom of medical tourism, which broke out since 2007, when the government of the country passed a law authorizing foreigners to use the South Korean healthcare system, says. The flow of patients has been growing exponentially since then, among medical tourists coming from the USA (about 34% of the total number of foreign patients), Russia (about 17%), Great Britain, Germany and Japan. The fact that citizens of countries with a developed level of medicine come to South Korea speak about the availability of medical services and their high quality.
It is believed that medical technology, the availability of hospitals is about 80-90% of other developed countries, but the prices for the services provided are not caught up with not only American and European, but also Singaporean. In favor of South Korean medicine is also indicated by the fact that Korean scientists are more often than most other colleagues from Asian countries published in many international medical journals; The profession of a doctor here is considered one of the most prestigious in the world because of high wages and the complexity of training - only 0.5% of students become doctors; The survival rate of patients with cancer in South Korea is higher than in developed countries.