•  Varying reports containing medical tourism statistics put the number of American patients seeking healthcare abroad between 500,000 to 750,000 in 2007.
• 878,000 Americans will seek medical tourism abroad in 2010 based on Deloitte’s updated 2009 report – “Medical Tourism : update and implication”
• The same study which includes recession adjusted forecast projects 1.6 million Americans travelling abroad for medical tourism in year 2012.

 With regards to the health care reform,  the study expects that the reform bill will likely propel growth in
the elective outpatient market, particularly if flex account expenditures are limited to $2,000 or less, and elective
cosmetic and dental procedures are not considered “basic benefits.” Therefore, continued growth is likely in
the non-elderly medical tourism market that is relatively unaffected by health care reform.

Also problems such as high cost and accessiblity will create a new wave of medical tourism and fuel the growth even further.