Medical tourism

Nearly 50,000 foreigners have checked into Mexican hospitals this year, a 25 percent increase over 2009, according to a spokesperson for Digital Health Care. The spokesperson added that medical care in Mexico costs about 50 percent less than it does in the United States, although many physicians and surgeons have trained in the USA. And while Mexico may cost less, the average expenditure by these foreign patients was $31,000.

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Jimm Budd

Reporting from Mexico City

Member of the Society of American Travel Writers