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Germany (e.g.: Germany has twice as many hospitals per capita than The United States) Due to its location and major airports, it is easy to reach from anywhere in the world. Costs for medical treatment compete well with other developed European countries and commonly 50% less when compared to The USA. With 99.8% of the Germany citizens being insured, the country has not much outbound medical tourism but has become a medical tourism destination for people who have a real medical need and who want to receive high quality medical care as quickly as possible. Germany is an attractive destination for patients from the Middle East, since travelling to The USA has become more difficult for them since the
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and we would need to clean up the other contributions as well. Happy to hear your thoughts. I am planning to improve this article further and make it more credible, however, I cannot do so, if I find it deleted every morning. Rather than deleting, suggest where I should improve. That should be more effective and efficient.
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