It is generally accepted that treatment and diagnostics abroad is an expensive pleasure. In some cases, this is true, while in others, such a trip will help not only save time and money, but also get quality medical care in the world's leading clinics.
Find and organize quality medical care in the world, as well as save budget help Internet services for finding and organizing treatment.
Modern Internet services are the most popular alternative to the traditional way of organizing such trips "through intermediaries", since intermediaries do not always work in good faith and transparently, often do not provide estimates directly from clinics and "wind up" the cost of services.
In our today's selection, we will describe Top 5 world's best sites for finding and organizing treatment abroad... Some of these clinics are aggregators of clinics, some work only in certain regions, some around the world and provide additional services.
5. Medical Departures
Singapore online service for finding and organizing treatment in Asia. The service is young, the attendance is still about 30,000 visitors a month, the main clients are Americans and residents of Southeast Asia. The company recently received an investment of $ 2.5 million from the Singapore-based venture fund DMP and plans to continue the active development of the project in Southeast Asia and Latin America.
There is no Russian-language version of the site yet, so the service is suitable for those who speak English, Spanish or Thai, as well as for those who plan to find a clinic and undergo treatment in Asia.
4. TreatmentAbroad
The service aggregator has existed for about 10 years, and, despite this, the site's traffic is small - only about 64,000 visitors per month. The service provides an opportunity to find clinics or medical intermediaries in different countries of the world, a variety of content on the topic of medical tourism, as well as other pleasant options, such as comparing prices for certain procedures in different countries of the world.
In general, this is a site that provides the maximum number of recommendations for those who have decided to travel abroad for treatment. The main visitors are British and Americans. There is no Russian version.
3. Medviser.ru
Russian-Israeli telemedicine service, where patients can receive direct video consultations from doctors from Israel, India, Spain, Germany in various medical areas. The service is focused on the Russian-speaking market, therefore, all doctors are mostly Russian-speaking. The service was founded in the summer of 2014, and in May 2015 the service received $ 0.5 million from the Millhouse investment fund managed by Roman Abramovich.
2. WhatClinic.com
The service works on the principle of an aggregator: clinics and medical intermediaries pay a fee for their profile to be present in the platform's search results. On the platform, you can read reviews, compare approximate prices and services of intermediaries or clinics. The patient's request is forwarded to the selected clinic or intermediary - the service itself does not provide any additional services and is not the organizer of treatment.
The site boasts high traffic - about 1.6 million users per month, more than 19% of whom are residents of the UK.As stated on the website, there are now more than 120,000 clinics and resellers in 135 different countries. There is no Russian version, if only the English version.
1. MEDIGO
One of the best international platforms for finding and organizing treatment, which has a Russian-language version of the site. The service was launched in 2014, the site's traffic today is more than 135,000 visitors per month. Using the service, you can compare clinics in different countries, the cost of treatment, communicate with the support service - through the service, the patient is provided with estimates directly from the clinics, and the service itself, if the patient arrives for treatment, charges a fixed organizational fee for organizing the trip.
The site already has more than 700 leading clinics in 23 countries of the world, the service has helped to find medical services for more than 20,000 patients from 178 countries. Now the site is presented in 6 languages, including Russian. The Russian-language support service, which can help with choosing a clinic and additionally provide the organization of a transfer, an interpreter, visa issues, works 24/7.