Are there any problems if I go abroad to see a doctor?

The cost of medical care in the United States is about 6 times that of China, and the outpatient fee is about 500 US dollars, and there will be a difference in the fees charged by different specialists in American hospitals. Fees vary from hospital to hospital, with the non-profit Mayo Clinic and Johns Hopkins Hospital charging cheaper in the United States and the private Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center** paying more. In the United States, cancer ** requires 10-200,000 US dollars, internal medicine ** in the United States generally costs less than 30,000 US dollars, surgery ** generally costs 5-80,000 US dollars, knee replacement surgery requires 400,000 yuan, hip replacement requires 50,000 US dollars, proton ** at Massachusetts General Hospital requires about 900,000 RMB, surgical costs are more expensive in the United States, heart valve repair requires 120,000 US dollars, heart bypass surgery requires 160,000 US dollars, kidney transplant requires 300,000 US dollars, A heart valve replacement costs $180,000.

The LINX magnetic ring surgery for reflux esophagitis at the Mayo Clinic** costs $10,000. Since the cost of medical treatment is very dependent on the patient's specific situation, the actual cost can vary greatly. The cost in Japan and Germany is about one-third of that in the United States.

I went to Massachusetts General Hospital for liver cancer proton**, and I went to Hangzhou Wuzhou through an intermediary, and the local medical translator of Hangzhou Wuzhou Boston applied for a 20% discount on hospital bills at Massachusetts General Hospital, and you can ask Hangzhou Wuzhou (Tel. 400-150-8089) if there is a discount at other hospitals.

If you go abroad, I understand some, you need an entry visa, medical record translation, experts and bed appointments, and you have to find a suitable hospital, a good doctor, and obtain the hospital's permission to accept it, and you may face the reception, accommodation, transportation, translation, medical escort and other problems that you may face after going abroad, probably these, if there is still something not clear, you can go to the Internet to find some information, I heard that Magnolia Ark is doing this service, you can consult.

If the condition is urgent, you can apply to the embassy for special circumstances, and the embassy will generally give priority to the visa of the sick patient. Ask Hangzhou Wuzhou.

How much does it cost to go abroad for medical treatment?Many people who go abroad to see a doctor are basically unable to go abroad for diseases such as cancer, which probably require at least 200,000 US dollars to be enough.

Procedures to be prepared when you go abroad to see a doctorGoing abroad to see a doctor needs to prepare relevant procedures, which mainly include the patient's medical records, all laboratory tests and examination results during hospitalization, relevant ** mechanism and surgery and other supporting evidence, which need to be translated into English to use. At the same time, it is necessary to prepare relevant pathological sections, bone scans and CT**, etc., which must be prepared.

What is the best way to go abroad to see a doctor?There are many ways to seek medical treatment overseas, one is to find a professional referral agency (such as H&Q Good Medical Friend), and the other is to find acquaintances and friends to pave the way, but comparatively speaking, choosing the service of a referral agency is the wisest choice. Professional referral overseas medical service agencies have a number of professional partner hospitals and doctors, and have rich experience in helping people to get everything done in a short period of time, so as to avoid delays in the patient's condition.

The common problems encountered in going abroad to see a doctor are generally the problem of case translation and sorting, not knowing a foreign language is definitely not good, and the medical terminology cannot be translated wrongly.

After receiving the hospital, you have to think about how to go, how to apply for various visas, what to do with local language communication after you go, you need to contact a professional medical translator in advance, ordinary translators can not fully understand medical terms, it is easy to translate wrongly, what to do with accommodation, and many issues have to be considered.

1.It is necessary to submit medical records to foreign hospitals for appointment, including laboratory and examination reports, pathological slides, original images or CDs, etc.

2.It is also necessary to translate all the materials into the medical record format required by the hospital where the appointment was made. Don't find your own English translator, as a mistake can cause American doctors to misunderstand your condition.

3.When applying for a medical visa, you also need to prepare passports, ** and other materials to interview with the embassy. It is best to find a professional service agency to see a doctor abroad.

It depends on what kind of hospital you want to do, and each hospital has different technologies, so choose this regular hospital.

1. The medical treatment process in China and the United States is very different.

2. Appointments are required for medical treatment in the United States.

3. Everyone is equal in American hospitals, and no red envelopes are accepted.

4. Doctors and patients should respect each other.

5. Line up in order and avoid loud noises.

Duomu Health is committed to overseas medical treatment, and generally the following patients will choose to go abroad**

1.The current ** efficacy has been unsatisfactory;

2.At present, there is no better ** plan in China or has been told by domestic doctors that there is nothing to be done;

3.Those who wish to seek a better environment and services;

4.those with a certain economic foundation;

Correspondingly, those patients who are in poor physical condition and are judged by doctors to be unsuitable for long-distance transportation, or who lack financial means, should be cautious about seeing a doctor overseas.

Now there is a way for patients to consult overseas medical experts without going out, which we call teleconsultation, and Duomu Health can help those patients who cannot go out to conduct remote consultation business, face to face with doctors from famous hospitals in Japan, and accurately match, so that authoritative doctors of related diseases can provide you with remote consultation opinions.

For patients, the second skin treatment opinion can give patients a comprehensive understanding of the disease, understand the latest treatment plan, and at the same time can be more confident and reassuring when the patient determines the best team and plan.

Who is suitable for teleconsultation?

1.For incurable diseases, it is difficult for domestic doctors to give opinions, or different doctors in China give different opinions on diagnosis and treatment, and it is difficult for patients to choose or make decisions;

2.The patient's illness is critical, unable to tolerate a long-haul flight abroad for medical treatment, or the patient's condition may worsen or be life-threatening during the flight;

5.It is difficult for patients to communicate with their doctors, unable to obtain detailed diagnosis and treatment plans, unable to communicate sufficiently, and not having a detailed understanding of their diseases.

The benefits are mainly manifested in medical services and diseases**

There is still a certain gap between the medical level of some developed countries at home and abroad, from the overall comparison of medical resources, marketed drugs, technology applications, drug clinical trials and new drug and new technology research and development, going abroad to see a doctor may obtain more personalized medical services, benefit from more and more effective new drugs, accept more advanced technology and have more opportunities to participate in clinical trials, and may even make some terminally ill patients see hope again.

The disadvantages are mainly manifested in economic pressure and energy consumption

In addition to medical expenses, there are also air tickets, food, accommodation and transportation abroad, which may not be affordable if you do not have a certain financial ability; Then there are many obstacles for ordinary people to go abroad for medical treatment, such as language problems, not knowing the situation of foreign hospitals, not knowing how to find suitable hospitals and specialists, translating cases, and so on. If you are looking for intermediary services, it is naturally best to find an authoritative and reliable intermediary, otherwise there is a risk of being deceived.

1. Patients with serious diseases. Such as cancer, tumor, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, rare diseases, etc. In terms of major diseases**, the technical level of developed countries is indeed better, and there are many medical projects that can be participated.

2. If the domestic diagnosis is not clear and the condition cannot be determined, you can go abroad for diagnosis, and the pathological diagnosis level of developed countries such as the United States and Japan is better. Of course, in this case, you can also take a remote consultation to get a second doctor's advice.

3. For specific diseases, if there is no better medicine in China, it is recommended to consider taking medicine abroad. Developed countries such as the United States and Japan have fast drug launches. For example, hepatitis C, the current rate in China is 30%, and the rate of new drugs marketed in the United States and Japan has exceeded 90%, and it is even approaching 100%.

4. People who are financially able and want to enjoy the humanized service attitude of foreign countries can consider going abroad for medical treatment.

1.Consultation and contracting. Patients should first find a formal, reliable, professional and foreign hospital has a formal cooperation agreement with the consulting service agency for medical treatment abroad, and then provide this institution with basic information such as the condition and the ** received, consult the hospital, doctor and ** of the disease abroad, and reach an entrustment agreement.

At the same time, patients should verify the information provided by the institution to avoid being misled by the institution.

Medical Information Collection. The overseas medical service will collect all the patient's medical record information, including: outpatient medical records; Inpatient medical records (including inpatient major medical records, laboratory tests, examination reports, pathology reports, genetic test reports, ** records, surgical or biopsy records and discharge summaries); Pathological sections (stained pathological sections in the hospital and more than 20 unstained pathological white films, immunohistochemistry and genetic testing); All original images or CDs (including x-rays, CT**, MRI**, PET-CT** or CDs, bone scans).

Write referral medical records in English according to the medical record format of foreign hospitals in the United States and other countries.

2.Doctor's appointments and cost estimates. According to the patient's condition, the overseas medical service provider will make an appointment with the most suitable hospital and doctor abroad, and after the appointment is successful, the patient will receive an appointment confirmation letter and a cost estimate letter (these two are very important when applying for a medical visa in the future).

3.Visa consultation and processing. Generally, large formal medical service agencies abroad have a special visa department to assist patients in applying for medical visas.

4.Airfare, accommodation reservations. The reservation of air tickets and accommodation can be handled by the patient himself, or he or she can entrust the service agency to go abroad to see a doctor.

It should be noted that when booking accommodation, patients need to consider transportation (distance to the hospital) and living conditions (whether they can cook) and nearby living facilities, etc., while overseas medical service providers are relatively familiar with these and will generally provide several accommodations according to the patient's needs, allowing patients to make their own choices.

5.Pick-up service. Regular, reliable and professional overseas medical service agencies have offices in countries with more developed medical standards (the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, South Korea, Singapore, etc.), and after the patient gets off the plane, the local staff will be responsible for picking up the airport, picking up and making appointments for medical treatment abroad.

6.Medical interpreter for medical treatment abroad. Large hospitals in the United States generally have full-time medical interpreters in the office, and foreign translators from overseas medical service agencies will be responsible for the medical interpretation in the hospital.

7.Translation of life abroad. For patients who are unable to communicate in a foreign country on a daily basis, the overseas staff of the overseas medical service agency can provide the service of accompanying and interpreting the patient's life.

If you put your heart into it, you can get what you need!

The following are the cases in which it is not suitable to travel abroad for medical treatment:

Late stage of illness, physical condition that makes it unfit to fly or change living environment;

has been clearly rejected by a foreign hospital**;

The economic situation does not allow it.

In addition to the above, patients can seek medical treatment overseas as a feasible medical treatment. In the following cases, going abroad for medical treatment will be the wisest choice, in the face of difficult diseases that cannot be diagnosed in China, or when the current implementation of the ** program is not satisfactory, when the diagnosis does not know whether it is necessary to carry out major surgery**, when the diagnosis is not confirmed or diagnosed with a rare serious disease There is no good ** method or case in China, ** when the effect is difficult to predict or unclear, ** plan *** is large, and the pros and cons are difficult to weigh.

In all of the above cases, it is recommended to find a good medical service provider for detailed consultation, so that they can give a reliable doctor hospital for a second medical opinion consultation or seek overseas medical treatment.

The medical technology of the United States is relatively good, and now the most developed medicine is the United States, whether it is medical technology, or medical facilities are at the forefront of the world, many of the United States are affiliated with universities or medical research, and because of the abundance of medical practitioners, doctors in addition to their own work, there are many opportunities to contact scientific research and teaching.

Some major diseases that cannot be treated abroad can be considered to go abroad for medical treatment, and generally go to some developed countries when they go abroad, because there are more medical technologies and services than in China, such as the United States, Japan, South Korea, and European countries. Overseas Medical Lemon.

Severe cases of cancer are suitable for overseas medical treatment, and the purpose is to detect them early and not delay the disease.

The UK is very advantageous in terms of **, ** level, and convenience.