Patients Beyond Borders: Monterrey, Mexico Edition

index
suing, 16
surgery. See also specific types of surgery
surgery
questions to ask physicians, 9
surgery, general
Christus Muguerza Hospital Conchita,
46–47
Christus Muguerza Hospital Sur, 47–48
Hospital CIMA Monterrey, 53–55
Hospital San José Tec de Monterrey,
59–61
OCA Hospital, 57–59
t
tax deductibility of medical travel, 17
taxis, 87
Tec de Monterrey, 32–33
thank-yous to staff, 6–7
time planning, 5
tipping, 88
Topo Chico, 75
tourism and local events, 85
tourist cards, 80–81
transplantation. See organ transplantation
transportation, 34, 86–87
traumatology
Centro de Ginecología y Obstetricia de
Monterrey (Ginequito), 38–40
travel agents. See health travel agents
travel agreements, written documentation
of, 4
traveler’s diarrhea, 82
treatments. See also specific treatment
categories
costs of, xvi, 8
excluded, xvi
number performed, 8
planning for, 3
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quality of care, xvi, 6
specialty, xvii
written documentation of agreements, 4
typhoid vaccine, 82
U
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
(UANL), 32–33
Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM), 32–33
universities, 32, 76–77
urology
Centro de Ginecología y Obstetricia de
Monterrey (Ginequito), 38–40
Clínica Vitro, 49–50
Hospital CIMA Monterrey, 53–55
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), 82
US Consulate, 81
US Department of State, 80–82
V
vacation travel, 7
vaccinations, 82
visas, 79
voltage, 84
W
waiting periods, xvii
water, drinking, 6, 82
weather and climate, 75
WorldMed Assist, 69
wound care
Christus Muguerza Hospital Sur, 47–48
written documentation of agreements, 4
Wyndham Casa Grande Monterrey, 93
Z
Zona Rosa, 91