Although many countries have imitated our world-renowned health care system in terms of quality and technology, they have not adopted our legal system completely. Western doctors are required to pay medical malpractice insurance that usually cost over $100,000 annually. Foreign doctors are required to pay medical malpractice insurance as well, but their costs are as low as $4000 annually. In addition to this insurance, certain economies are at different stages of development than in western Europe and the U.S. This absolutely does not mean that their healthcare technologies and institutions are behind. In fact, most of the private hospitals in our network use exactly the same equipment and instruments as the most advanced hospitals in western Europe and the U.S. Prices of treatment level has to be similar to polish citizen income level, which is smaller than in Great Britain.
Here are some other reasons why the costs are less in Poland:
* Lower cost of labor
* Lower real estate values
* Lower construction costs (to build hospitals)
* Favorable exchange rates
* Lower government taxes
* No accounts receivable collections issues with medical tourism patients (cash/credit card payment before release from hospital)
* Less administrative paper shuffling
* Less bureaucracy/red tape
* Cheaper medical supplies/equipment/medications