Do concerns about MRSA and hospital infection per unit patients abroad?

Medical tourists travelling abroad for treatment, simply don't do it to save money. In our soon to be published "Survey medical tourism", 56% of respondents who went to elective surgery abroad said that cares about the risk of MRSA infection/hospital NHS hospitals were a factor "very important" or "very important".

According to latest data from the health protection agency, there was a drop of 18 percent in cases of MRSA in England from July to September, compared to the previous quarter (April to June). This is a drop of about 230 cases per quarter. However, there was still 1072 cases reported in England in July and September 2007.

The latest figures c. difficile show that there were 10.734 cases in patients aged 65 years and over in England, reported in the third quarter of 2007. This is a reduction of 21% in the previous quarter. In patients between 2 and 64 years old, 2.496 c. difficile cases were reported in the third quarter of 2007.

Then .... There is some indication that the NHS is having some success in improving their bad reputation hospital infection. But there's an awfully long way to go. The United Kingdom is way behind countries such as Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain in control of MRSA infection rates and hospital. (See statistics MRSA in United Kingdom and Europe).

Until the NHS can reduce hospital infection rates for a minimum level, the concerns of patients will continue to be a factor in which people choose treatment in private hospitals in the United Kingdom or treatment abroad.