{"id":4256,"date":"2025-09-17T07:29:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T06:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/why-turkey\/medical-tourism\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T23:21:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T22:21:18","slug":"medical-tourism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/why-turkey\/medical-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4256\" class=\"elementor elementor-4256 elementor-14\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bb5492a e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5bb5492a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb53570 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fb53570\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ac6882 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"0ac6882\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.medicaltravel.ch\/warum-tuerkei\/medizintourismus\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Medical Tourism<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db38785 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"db38785\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.medicaltravel.ch\/warum-tuerkei\/lasern-tatsachen\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">LASER: FACTS<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a6d6dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3a6d6dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.medicaltravel.ch\/warum-tuerkei\/staedte-der-tuerkei\/istanbul-als-stadt\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Cities of Turkey<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08692bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"08692bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.medicaltravel.ch\/warum-tuerkei\/reisedaten\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Travel Dates<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f2251a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f2251a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Medical Travel<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Medical tourism, also known as medical travel, means traveling to foreign countries for medical services.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Such trips are often combined with holidays. The idea of medical tourism is not new: as early as the 4th century BC, Epidauros was a sanctuary and healing site for people from across the Mediterranean region who travelled to Anatolia to heal from various diseases. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>For several decades, treatments at the Dead Sea have been recognized as effective for skin conditions such as eczema or psoriasis.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why travel far afield?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>There are many reasons for medical tourism: bypassing long waiting times for surgeries, as in England, inadequate insurance coverage, as in the USA, but also anonymity or a pleasant climate (temperature, surroundings, staff).<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>At the moment, Swiss people primarily travel abroad for dental or cosmetic surgery procedures, but also for ophthalmic treatments (laser), mainly to Istanbul, Turkey.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>These are services not covered by health insurance in Switzerland, which is why price is a key factor. The treatment costs abroad are often significantly lower than the fees charged by Swiss doctors and clinics. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/hier.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here <\/a>you can read a report (in English) about health tourism in Turkey. On Wikipedia, you can also find this article about <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dental_tourism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">dental tourism.<\/a> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medical Tourism LASER: FACTS Cities of Turkey Travel Dates Medical Travel Medical tourism, also known as medical travel, means traveling to foreign countries for medical services. Such trips are often combined with holidays. The idea of medical tourism is not new: as early as the 4th century BC, Epidauros was a sanctuary and healing site for people from across the Mediterranean region who travelled to Anatolia to heal from various diseases. For several decades, treatments at the Dead Sea have been recognized as effective for skin conditions such as eczema or psoriasis. Why travel far afield? There are many reasons for medical tourism: bypassing long waiting times for surgeries, as in England, inadequate insurance coverage, as in the USA, but also anonymity or a pleasant climate (temperature, surroundings, staff). At the moment, Swiss people primarily travel abroad for dental or cosmetic surgery procedures, but also for ophthalmic treatments (laser), mainly to Istanbul, Turkey. These are services not covered by health insurance in Switzerland, which is why price is a key factor. The treatment costs abroad are often significantly lower than the fees charged by Swiss doctors and clinics. Here you can read a report (in English) about health tourism in Turkey. On Wikipedia, you can also find this article about dental tourism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":4249,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_canvas","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4256","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4256\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}