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		<title>Cosmetic Surgery and prices, U.S. and Abroad</title>
		<link>http://www.beautyfromafar.com/2009/11/01/cosmetic-surgery-and-prices-u-s-and-abroad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Schult</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As such, the information I gathered in 2004-2005 is probably just about as relevant now as it was then. Surgery prices have no doubt risen for some, declined for some and stayed about the same for others. Fluctuations of the dollar and exchange rates have mostly been unfavorable for overseas surgeons who operate on U.S. residents -- but not extraordinarily so.]]></description>
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		<title>The Media Imprimatur on Medical Tourism</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Schult</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chapter 3 Page 5 &#124; The Media Imprimatur
The media in the United States did not really discover medical tourism until 2004-05, and it was found in the Far East rather than in central and South America. It was Bumrungrad Hospital in Thailand and the Apollo Hospital Group in India and Penang Adventist Hospital in Malaysia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The World Bank and Medical Tourism</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Schult</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our little history lesson continues today with a segment about how a plastic surgeon in Costa Rica started marketing to the U.S. market in the early 1980s; and continues with a discussion of a somewhat prescient World Bank report on prospects for health tourism exports in the Caribbean.]]></description>
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		<title>Build It, and They Will Come &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Schult</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chapter 3 Page 3 &#124; Build It, and They Will Come &#8230;
Arnoldo Fournier, M.D., a cosmetic surgeon in San Jose, Costa Rica, was one of the pioneers in marketing his services abroad. He came to Costa Rica in the early 1980s, fresh from his residency at St. Luke&#8217;s Hospital in New York, and was told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cosmetic Surgery Prices in the United States vs. Abroad</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Schult</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chapter 2 Page 9 &#124; Prices in the United States and Abroad
Consumers who consider going abroad to save money for cosmetic surgery, dental work, or any other kind of medical care, will hear these bromides, either from voices in their heads or from well-meaning friends and relatives:

You get what you pay for.
If it sounds too [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If you can&#8217;t beat them, join them</title>
		<link>http://www.beautyfromafar.com/2009/10/13/if-you-cant-beat-them-join-them/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Schult</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CIMA Hospital]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Suarez]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I first walked into the waiting area of Dr. Suarez's office, his assistant asked me what procedures I was interested in ... and it was the first time anyone ever suggested I might need (or at least want) cosmetic surgery. I'm sure it was SOP for the office and no psychological harm was intended. For the record -- at 53, I'm unmodified, other than my teeth.]]></description>
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