Overseas Medical

Overseas Medical

With the continuous improvement of my country's national income level and the gradual increase in information exchanges at home and abroad, more and more mainland residents have begun to look for better medical resources worldwide. As long as conditions permit, domestic patients can also go overseas to enjoy advanced development. Medical services.

Although the cost of medical treatment is higher than that in China, its medical services have obvious advantages: first, superb medical technology; second, advanced medical equipment; third, doctors with strong sense of responsibility and professionalism; fourth, fair, standardized and professional Medical services; Fifth, it is significantly better than the domestic medical environment and supporting facilities; Sixth, unique clinical treatment drugs.

Background introduction

Overseas medical development is relatively mature. For example, in developed countries such as Europe and the United States, many hospitals have international patient offices and are equipped with multilingual medical professional translators. The medical procedures and models are relatively mature. In China, although overseas medical care is still an emerging industry, it has a rapid development momentum, huge development potential, and broad market prospects. From the forecast of China's economic development level and consumption power, the market potential of the overseas medical market and related industries may exceed tens of billions of dollars in the next 10 years.

Medical visa

When applying for a medical visa, the patient needs to prepay a part of the treatment costs for going abroad for medical treatment. The specific amount depends on the amount on the foreign hospital cost estimate letter, ranging from a few hundred to tens of thousands of dollars. In order to complete this prepayment, the patient needs a dual currency credit card with VISA, MASTER, etc., and the credit card center must be notified to authorize the payment before payment.

If the foreign currency that needs to be prepaid exceeds the credit limit, the credit card of Bank of China/ICBC/Minsheng Bank needs to deposit the corresponding amount of foreign currency to successfully pay the fee, and the credit card of China Merchants Bank/China Construction Bank/Bank of Communications will be activated after the international payment function is activated. , Deposit the corresponding amount of RMB to complete the payment. The specific operation of the patient needs to be consulted and verified with the credit card issuing bank.

Because it is going abroad for treatment, and the amount is relatively large, it is very unrealistic and very inconvenient to pay in cash. Therefore, generally speaking, after going abroad, the payment of medical expenses is generally by credit card. Therefore, before going abroad, patients need to confirm that their credit card overdraft can cover the remaining medical expenses.

Foreign formal medical institutions, especially European and American countries, have strict legal regulations on medical treatment. Regular medical institutions will not allow cooperative institutions to collect inspection and treatment fees on their behalf, otherwise they will face serious legal proceedings. For personal gain, certain domestic service organizations will make false reports to customers and charge treatment fees for reasons such as convenience, industry regulations, deposits, etc. It must not be trusted to avoid being deceived.

In addition, due to the large differences in culture and region, the medical treatment methods and hospital management methods of Chinese and foreign hospitals are very different from those in China.

Preliminary preparation

1. Outpatient medical records (records of the attending doctor during outpatient treatment in a hospital)

2. Copies of hospitalization medical records (including major hospitalization medical records, laboratory tests, examination reports, pathology reports, genetic test reports, treatment records, surgery and biopsy records, and discharge summary during the hospitalization period, which can be copied in the hospital case room with the patient’s ID card and hospitalization number)

3. Professional doctors who are familiar with the medical record format of foreign hospitals are required to organize and translate all medical records. Only in this way can the patient's medical records be truthfully reflected to foreign doctors, so that they can fully understand the patient's diagnosis process in China, which is very important for patient treatment.

4. Pathological sections (including stained pathological sections in the hospital, and more than 20 unstained pathological white films, if you want to perform immunohistochemistry, genetic testing, etc. You can go to the pathology department of the hospital to pay a deposit with the patient’s ID card and hospitalization number)

5. All original imaging films or CDs (including X-rays, CT films, MRI films, PET-CT films or CDs, bone scans, etc.)

6. Prepare the visa. If the patient does not have a visa, they need to apply for a visa at the embassy with the treatment invitation letter and doctor appointment letter provided by the appointment hospital.

7. Prepare a credit card that supports overseas consumption

8. Medical interpreter and life accompanying interpreter. Many American hospitals provide translation services. For medical vocabulary involved, if patients need to be accompanied, try to find professionals or seek help from professional service agencies. In addition, if the patient cannot cope with the daily communication in English, he should arrange an accompanying interpreter before leaving the country, otherwise it will cause great inconvenience. Among them, the most important thing in all preparations is to choose the right hospital and skilled doctors according to the condition.