Tourists pile up to Japan for medical examination Domestic medical short board to be repaired

went to the localhospitalto do acheck-up, also became a sign of overseas travelXinhua News Agency reported that this year's "11" period, many tourists flocked to Japan, in the tourist time to carry out amedical examination, the cost of tens of thousands of yuan caused a heated debateit is understood that the number of peopleto Japan to receivemedicalservices has increased year by year, and the market has reached 10 billion yuanmore thanindustry insiders told the Daily Economic News reporter,domesticand foreignmedical technology and equipment are similar, but foreign medical services to provide personalized treatment programs and fine services are not available at home it is worth noting that the capital represented by Hengkang Medical and Sequoia Capital has also been laid out in the medical tourism market In the has formed a reputation and brand of foreign "strong" in front of, can achieve the cut-off, share a piece of the pie? to Japan medical examination costs a lot
Xinhua News Agency reported that in the just ended of the "11" Golden Week period, many visitors to Japan in addition to the goods to go to the local hospital medical examination "Daily Economic News" reporter as a client from the overseas medical service institutionsheng a family learned that the medical examination project to Japan is based on individual circumstances, such as gender, whether or not family history And usually the inspection time is not long, if not check what is a big problem, generally one or two hours can be completed, to obtain the report compared to the domestic hundreds of yuan or more projects, thousands of yuan or so of medical examination costs, Japan's medical examination costs 180,000 yen (equivalent to about 10,000 yuan) The above-mentioned Shengno staff introduction, if through a third-party institutions, the cost is about 6,70,000 yuan, including visas, full translation and other services an expert at a sana-
hospital in Shenzhen
, an expert told reporters, "Going overseas medical examination is the product of the development of overseas tourism industry to a certain stage, but also because of the relatively low saturation of medical resources in these countries." "
According to the Japan Policy Investment Bank, by 2020, the number of Chinese tourists visiting Japan for medical examination alone will exceed 310,000 per year, and the potential market size of medical tourism will reach 550.7 billion yen (about 30.28 billion yuan) Wu Qinggong, an investment partner at , previously told the Daily Economic News that "the foreign medical market can provide personalized treatment programs and treat customers as a system-based client." And there are very few personalized service projects in the country, and their treatment is often based on the disease group rather than the individual "
domestic medical services have yet to be upgraded
in addition to Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States and other developed countries have also targeted China's high-end patient resources last June, The American Alliance Health System launched a cancer assessment program for the U.S in China, with Harvard Medical School-affiliated Hospital sits well-known top medical institutions such as the Massachusetts General Hospital , Bregan and Women's Hospital In April this year, Downton International Group, the first UK government-licensed consultancy, settled in China, opening the door to high-end healthcare resources in the UK to Chinese customers However, these high-end overseas tourism medical services, which are siaint for tens of thousands of dollars, have been controversial "For inspection of the use of reagents and instruments, are provided by the world's top manufacturers, there is no only one region unique, so there is no difference in technology at home and abroad," said Shi Lichen, head of the Beijing Dingchen Pharmaceutical Management Consulting Center in Beijing, But the fine service enjoyed by the Japanese medical examination is unmatched in China Wu Qinggong admitted that although many people have chosen overseas medical care in recent years, the volume of business of the relevant intermediary advisory bodies he knows is decreasing "The reasons for the decline in business volume vary, one thing is that domestic hospitals are developing rapidly , hardware facilities are almost in sync with foreign countries, the supply of quality medical care is rising, and many people do not need to go abroad." "
it is worth noting that the domestic capital in the face of overseas medical competition for domestic patient resources, resulting in anti-guest-oriented ideas Cai Qiang, founder of the Shengno family, has said that in the future, he will consider from guiding domestic patients overseas to introducing international patients to China He believes that low- and middle-income groups in developing or developed countries have a need to seek medical treatment in China, and that foreign patients will be a much larger market for medical treatment in China than for Chinese patients to seek medical treatment abroad Wu Qinggong also believes that medical tourism is the deepening of the tourism industry, from sightseeing to leisure travel to health tourism, the value of deepening is health To a certain extent, some of the domestic patient resources will be cut off, will be in competition with the domestic medical tourism market Shi Lichen told the Daily Economic News, "The domestic before the high-end medical tourism projects, but also included medical examination, health care and other items, but poor service, to deceive consumers to buy drugs
behavior in the majority." He also said that if you want to compete with the overseas tourism medical market, domestic medical institutions should start with binding tourism resources, to establish services, credibility and brand