South Korea is a fast-growing medical tourism destination. It is home to some
of the best hospitals and specialty clinics in the world, offering world-class
expertise, state-of-the-art facilities and warm hospitality. South Korea was
holding more than 6% in Asia medical tourism market in 2011. It is foreseen
that South Korea will desperately looking forward to compete with other Asian
rivals. It is forecasted that by 2015, South Korea will attract more than 300
Thousand medical tourists.
Renub Research report titled “South Korea Medical Tourism: Number of
Medical Tourists & Medical Tourism Market Forecast to 2015” provides
the current status and outlook of South Korea medical tourism market survey
analysis, comparison of the overall market size in Asia, the number of
customers of the medical tourists change projections and the cost of various
types of surgery in the United States, UK, growing to promote the exchange of
factors and issues analysis information. The report also entails major drivers
and roadblocks of South Korea medical tourism market.
Key Topics Covered in the Report
Number of Medical Tourists Arrival in Asia (2008 - 2015)
Medical Tourism Market in Asia (2008 - 2015)
South Korea Medical Tourist Share in Asia (2008 - 2015)
South Korea Medical Tourism Market Share in Asia (2008 - 2015)
Number of Medical Tourist Arrivals in South Korea (2008 - 2015)
Medical Tourism Market in South Korea (2008 - 2015)
Cost Comparison of Various types of Surgeries in Unites States, UK and
South Korea
Major Drivers and Challenges of Medical Tourism in South Korea
Data Sources
This report is built using data and information sourced from proprietary
databases, primary and secondary research and in-house analysis by Renub
Research team of industry experts.
Primary sources include industry surveys and telephone interviews with
industry experts.
Secondary sources information and data has been collected from various
printable and non-printable sources like search engines, News websites,
Government Websites, Trade Journals, White papers, Government Agencies,
Magazines, Newspapers, Trade associations, Books, Industry Portals, Industry
Associations and access to more than 100 paid databases.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
1. Executive Summary
2. Asia Medical Tourism Overview
2.1. Asia Medical Tourist Arrivals & Forecast
2.2. Asia Medical Tourism Market & Forecast
3. South Korea Medical Tourist Arrivals Share, Medical Tourism Market Share & Forecast (in Asia)
3.1. South Korea Medical Tourist Arrivals Share & Forecast in Asia
3.2. South Korea Medical Tourism Market Share & Forecast
4. South Korea Medical Tourism Overview
4.1. Medical Tourist Arrivals & Forecast
4.2. Medical Tourism Market & Forecast
5. South Korea Medical Tourism Cost Analysis in Comparison to USA & UK
5.1.1. Cardiac/Heart Surgery
5.1.2. Orthopedic Surgery
5.1.3. Cosmetic/Plastic Surgery
6. South Korea Medical Tourism Growth Drivers
6.1. South Korea Launches Medical Tourism Plan
6.2. Busan Becomes Hot Spot for Medical Tourism
6.3. Jeju Island to be turned into Resort Style Medical Tourism Centre
6.4. Providing One-stop Service for Medical Tourism
6.5. Relaxed Foreign Ownership to boost Medical Travel Industry
6.6. Korea's Local Governments Build Health Care Clusters to Attract
Foreign Patients
6.7. Korean Medical Tourism Wave Ripple in Pact with Abu Dhabi
6.8. Strong Government Support
7. South Korea Medical Tourism Challenges
7.1. Language and Cultural Barrier
7.2. Malpractice Compensation
7.3. Foreigners Victims of Inflated Medical Fees
List of Figures:
Figure 2-1: Asia - Medical Tourism Arrivals (Number), 2008 - 2011
Figure 2-2: Asia - Forecast for Medical Tourism Arrivals (Number), 2012 -
2015
Figure 2-3: Asia - Medical Tourism Market (Million US$), 2008 - 2011
Figure 2-4: Asia - Forecast for Medical Tourism Market (Million US$), 2012
- 2015
Figure 3-1: South Korea - Medical Tourist Arrivals Share in Asia
(Percent), 2008 - 2011
Figure 3-2: South Korea - Forecast for Medical Tourist Arrivals Share in
Asia (Percent), 2012 - 2015
Figure 3-3: South Korea - Medical Tourism Market Share in Asia (Percent),
2008 - 2011
Figure 3-4: South Korea - Forecast for Medical Tourism Market Share in
Asia (Percent), 2012 - 2015
Figure 4-1: South Korea - Medical Tourist Arrivals (Number), 2007 - 2011
Figure 4-2: South Korea - Forecast for Medical Tourist Arrivals (Number),
2012 - 2015
Figure 4-3: South Korea - Medical Tourism Market (Million US$), 2007 - 2011
Figure 4-4: South Korea - Forecast for Medical Tourism Market (Million
US$), 2012 - 2015
Figure 6-2: South Korea - Government & Private Sector Investment in
Healthcare Town of Jeju Free International City Development Center (Million
US$ & Percent), 2009
List of Tables:
Table 5-1: South Korea - Cost Comparison of Cardiac Surgery (US$), 2011
Table 5-2: South Korea - Cost Comparison of Orthopedic Surgery (US$), 2011
Table 5-3: South Korea - Cost Comparison of Cosmetic Surgery (US$), 2011
Table 6-1: South Korea - Agreement Hospitals Name
Table 7-1: South Korea - Price List for Foreign Patients (US$)
South Korea Medical Tourism: Number of Medical Tourists & Medical Tourism Market Forecast to 2015 published by Renub Research in July 2, 2012. This report consists of 47 Pages and the price starts from US $ 900.
