[Graphic News] More foreigners get medical treatment in Korea
By Korea HeraldPublished : May 21, 2014 - 20:47
More than 210,000 foreign patients from 191 countries were treated in Korea in 2013, spending nearly 393 billion won ($384 million).
Chinese patients spent 101.6 billion won last year, bringing the largest amount of money to the Korean medical industry. Patients from Russia spent the second-largest amount ― 87.9 billion won.
Some 630,000 patients from overseas received treatment in Korea from 2009 to 2013, spending some 1 trillion won.
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