CyprusCyprus has a high-quality healthcare system modeled on the British system, and several of its private hospitals are seeking to develop medical tourism. Cosmetic surgery and dentistry are the treatments offered most in Cyprus. Many hospitals have medical staff trained in the UK, Germany and other European countries. As of yet, few Cypriot hospitals and clinics have sought international healthcare accreditation.
GermanyGermany has long been a medical tourism destination for people from the Middle East and North Africa. Now with a reduction in tension between East and West, many Russians and other Eastern Europeans are seeking treatment in Germany. British and Canadians, no longer willing to wait for treatment in their home country, are also traveling to Germany for treatment. Americans are also heading to Germany for the latest in spine surgery and novel cancer treatments and much lower prices than they would pay in the US. German hospitals and doctors practice many highly sought after procedures not yet done in the US, Canada, and the UK such as, artificial disc replacement, hyperthermia and more.
MaltaMalta has a strong medical heritage and possesses a high-quality healthcare system modeled on the British system. The population is English-speaking. Malta is part of the European Union, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, and has the euro as its currency. There are a number of private hospitals within Malta (see List of hospitals in Malta) which are developing medical tourism, especially for UK residents. Some Maltese hospitals have applied to join the Trent Accreditation Scheme from the United Kingdom.
PortugalPortugal's health care system is highly rated by the World Health Organization's ranking of the world's health systems, rated 12th of 191 countries. This is a European Union country with regulatory bodies that certify doctors and health facilities, thereby protecting patients’ rights. Proximity to the US and Northern Europe reduce patients’ travel risks, while Portugal's mild climate is well-suited for convalescence. English is widely spoken by the majority of the population and Portugal is well known for its low crime rate. Dental clinics and cosmetic surgery facilities are popular. Prices are low when compared with similar procedures performed in the UK or the US. Other medical procedures include bariatrics, orthopedics, cardiology and eye surgery.
SpainSpain's strong economy over recent years have provided for modern hospitals and well-trained health care professionals, making it an up-and-coming medical tourism destination.
TurkeyTurkey has attracted medical tourists from Europe and is seeking to build on its geothermal resources with expansion of therapeutic spas.[74] German Hospital in Istanbul operates the country's first ISO-certified IVF center, while Memorial Hospital was the first private hospital to receive American JCI accreditation. As a European country, some Turkish hospitals are looking towards the British Trent Accreditation Scheme.
UkraineUkraine features modern dental clinics with high-quality equipment, materials and effective anesthetics. They provide patients with dentistry services at lower cost in comparison with Western and Russian clinics. Other popular medical tourism offerings in Ukraine include spas, ophthalmology (eye surgery), plastic surgery, and mud baths. As yet, Ukraine medical clinics have yet to seek international healthcare accreditation.

Medical Tourism

Medical Tourism
Medical tourism (also called medical travel, health tourism or global healthcare) is a term initially coined by travel agencies and the mass media to describe the rapidly-growing practice of traveling across international borders to obtain health care.
Such services typically include elective procedures as well as complex specialized surgeries such as joint replacement (knee/hip), cardiac surgery, dental surgery, and cosmetic surgeries. However, virtually every type of health care, including psychiatry, alternative treatments, convalescent care and even burial services are available. As a practical matter, providers and customers commonly use informal channels of communication-connection-contract, and in such cases this tends to mean less regulatory or legal oversight to assure quality and less formal recourse to reimbursement or redress, if needed. A specialized subset of medical tourism is reproductive tourism and reproductive outsourcing,[1] which is the practice of traveling abroad to undergo in-vitro fertilization, surrogate pregnancy and other assisted reproductive technology treatments including freezing embryos for retro-production.[2]
Over 50 countries have identified medical tourism as a national industry.[3] However, accreditation and other measures of quality vary widely across the globe, and there are risks and ethical issues that make this method of accessing medical care controversial.