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When Medical Repatriation Is Necessary To Get Home

When Medical Repatriation Is Necessary To Get Home
Medical repatriation is an unfamiliar term for many people, but it’s one that all travelers should know. In the event of a medical emergency, medical repatriation will be the process used to help a patient return home to receive further medical care or to recover from illness. Medical Repatriation: An example One of the easiest…
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How to Get Home if You Become Sick Overseas

How to Get Home if You Become Sick Overseas
For many people, traveling overseas is the fulfillment of their life-long dreams. For others, it may be a routine requirement of their work, or an annually scheduled trip to see family or friends. A trip outside the United States requires significant planning and a good packing list, even for seasoned travelers. Although most people carefully…
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How To Compare Costs for Medical Transportation

How To Compare Costs for Medical Transportation
A recent national report on the costs of air ambulance services detailed several instances of people receiving just-in-time medical transportation, but at a huge financial cost – as much as $25,000 for a relatively short flight by air ambulance. According to one cost-comparison tool, medical transportation by air ambulance can cost between $2,000 for a…
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Things to Avoid with Medical Tourism

Things to Avoid with Medical Tourism
Medical tourism is when people travel outside their home country for medial treatments. Many different factors could drive a person to seek treatment in another country: lower costs, preferred doctors or availability of treatments not regulated or allowed in one’s home country. Whatever the case, more and more people are choosing medical tourism. Whenever traveling…
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