Treatment in South Korea
About the quality of services, cost and how to organize a trip
Treatment of tourists
- Since 2009, the Korean government has been developing medical tourism.
- It maintains a network of representative offices around the world, whose task is to help with the choice of a hospital and organize a trip. For example, we, InterDoc.LTD, are such a representative office.
- Guarantees the same cost for treatment through partner coordinators and directly at the hospital. The patient pays directly to the clinic.
- The government also created a school for professional medical translators.
- Not every clinic can treat foreigners; this requires state accreditation, an international department and translators in the state. Doctors with experience of 15 years or more are admitted to treatment.
The cost of treatment in South Korea
First of all, let's highlight the main thing again - the cost of treatment in South Korea is fixed for foreign citizens, controlled by the state!
Second, you pay for all medical services directly at the clinic's cash desk. Services of coordinators and translators are paid by the clinic. Bypassing dealerships like our InterDoc. Ltd, you are just wasting your valuable resources: time, effort and most likely even money.
Third - no extra costs. The appointment of an unnecessary procedure by a doctor threatens to deprive him of his license (if the patient complains). A doctor is too respected a profession to risk it so senselessly. Therefore, before the doctor sends you for any examination, he will tell you about the need to perform and about the alternatives, and the choice will be yours.
And so, what determines the cost of treatment?
- From the level of hospitals and their location.
The third tier is the most expensive (by Korean standards) as it is the university general hospitals that employ the most experienced doctors, conduct scientific research, and be the first to introduce advanced treatments.
The second level is highly specialized, small, but multidisciplinary hospitals;
And the first level includes medical offices, clinics.
If the university clinic is located in Seoul, the most expensive city in South Korea, then the cost will be appropriate, but if compared with Germany or Israel, then the prices will still be 30 percent lower, and compared to the USA - 60%.
The approximate cost in such clinics will be as follows:
Appointment with a doctor - from 50 dollars; diagnostic examination from 500 to 1500 dollars. For women it comes out more expensive, because. more tests and procedures; surgery with a "cyber-knife" to remove the tumor - from 10,000 dollars; a course of chemotherapy - from 1300 dollars; prosthetics of joints and intervertebral discs - from 14,000 to 20,000 dollars.
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Second, you pay for all medical services directly at the clinic's cash desk. Services of coordinators and translators are paid by the clinic. Bypassing dealerships like our InterDoc. Ltd, you are just wasting your valuable resources: time, effort and most likely even money.
Third - no extra costs. The appointment of an unnecessary procedure by a doctor threatens to deprive him of his license (if the patient complains). A doctor is too respected a profession to risk it so senselessly. Therefore, before the doctor sends you for any examination, he will tell you about the need to perform and about the alternatives, and the choice will be yours.
And so, what determines the cost of treatment?
- From the level of hospitals and their location.
The third tier is the most expensive (by Korean standards) as it is the university general hospitals that employ the most experienced doctors, conduct scientific research, and be the first to introduce advanced treatments.
The second level is highly specialized, small, but multidisciplinary hospitals;
And the first level includes medical offices, clinics.
If the university clinic is located in Seoul, the most expensive city in South Korea, then the cost will be appropriate, but if compared with Germany or Israel, then the prices will still be 30 percent lower, and compared to the USA - 60%.
The approximate cost in such clinics will be as follows:
Appointment with a doctor - from 50 dollars; diagnostic examination from 500 to 1500 dollars. For women it comes out more expensive, because. more tests and procedures; surgery with a "cyber-knife" to remove the tumor - from 10,000 dollars; a course of chemotherapy - from 1300 dollars; prosthetics of joints and intervertebral discs - from 14,000 to 20,000 dollars.
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Electronic health record
For the first time in the world, Korean hospitals have developed and successfully implemented an electronic system for recording and storing medical information. The entire clinic is equipped with a single computer network, so if a patient has been examined or paid for some service, it is seen in the database in any other department, there is no need to carry receipts, certificates and x-rays with you.
Thanks to this system, the one-stop service has been introduced in hospitals. The patient undergoes a complete health diagnosis, diagnosis and treatment begins within three days.
Thanks to this system, the one-stop service has been introduced in hospitals. The patient undergoes a complete health diagnosis, diagnosis and treatment begins within three days.
Hospital equipment
Clinics update equipment every three to five years to treat with the latest technology. For example, the Da-Vinci robot helps to perform complex operations through a puncture of one or two centimeters. Patients recover quickly after such operations: they can get up in a day, and after three to five days they are discharged from the clinic and live a normal life.
Even in small clinics, PET-CT, MRI 3 Tesla, CT 256 and 512 slices are available. They help doctors find tumors smaller than two millimeters. During the diagnosis, doctors find cancers in the early stages, when there are no symptoms, and quickly treat them without a threat to life.
Even in small clinics, PET-CT, MRI 3 Tesla, CT 256 and 512 slices are available. They help doctors find tumors smaller than two millimeters. During the diagnosis, doctors find cancers in the early stages, when there are no symptoms, and quickly treat them without a threat to life.
Robot Da-Vinci
Operations with the help of the Da Vinci robot, the surgeon controls with microscopic precision.
3 Tesla MRI Scanner
More accurate and faster results, without side effects, age restrictions and discomfort.
Positron emission tomography
Positron emission tomography and computed tomography in a combined procedure
Coordinator functions. Organization
The coordinator of the InterDoc.LTD representative office receives calls and applications from patients wishing to receive medical care outside their state. Having listened and accepted the client’s wishes, he offers the most profitable options.
- Provides information about clinics, their areas and specializations, and the cost of services
- Looks for the most convenient solutions for the patient so that he does not have to move between clinics. The actual cost of services will be determined upon request.
- Request. The patient transmits to the coordinator any available information about the physical state of his health, complaints, symptoms, pictures, studies, tests, etc., and the coordinator processes, translates, formalizes everything and transfers it to the clinics.
- Having received answers, he contacts the patient: he announces treatment options from specialists and current prices for upcoming medical services.
- The coordinator organizes the flight, meeting at the airport with the coordinator (or translator).
- If necessary, book a hotel or rent an apartment (here, too, the coordinator will suggest options that are more profitable and convenient).
- Reminds you about the upcoming procedure and stays in touch at any time.
- The coordinator can become your personal consultant without any fees.
Rehabilitation care
Clinics serving foreign citizens are aimed at fast and high-quality service. In addition to the operational bypass of specialists, clinics provide services of increased comfort. The patient is provided with a separate room, personal translator, coordinator. If the patient arrived alone and needs help after the operation, then an individual nurse is provided who regularly pays attention and provides any necessary assistance. For example, in the postoperative period, you will need help with personal hygiene, nutrition, support.
It often happens that patients come with their families. In such cases, the clinic is quite capable of providing the necessary conditions for living in a hotel environment.
There are clinics that specialize in providing professional medical care during the rehabilitation and recovery period of patients, where special emphasis is placed on comfort and coziness, so that staying in the clinic has the most relaxing effect. Depending on the specifics of the disease, we will recommend the clinic that specializes in restoring the necessary functions.
It often happens that patients come with their families. In such cases, the clinic is quite capable of providing the necessary conditions for living in a hotel environment.
There are clinics that specialize in providing professional medical care during the rehabilitation and recovery period of patients, where special emphasis is placed on comfort and coziness, so that staying in the clinic has the most relaxing effect. Depending on the specifics of the disease, we will recommend the clinic that specializes in restoring the necessary functions.
Each client is an individual case
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