| When beginning the search for a facility overseas | | | | surgery is the internet. The power of the internet |
| that performs this surgery, most people begin | | | | to provide information cannot be underestimated. |
| with inquiries to friends or family. The rule of six | | | | Used carefully, it can supply you with a wealth of |
| degrees of separation almost guarantees that | | | | information about a total hip replacement surgery |
| sooner or later, you will get information from | | | | in India or Mexico. However, like any unregulated |
| someone who received treatment of some kind | | | | source of information, it can be a minefield of |
| while overseas. Unfortunately, the value of | | | | misinformation. A picture of smiling doctor in front |
| information acquired this way is very suspect. | | | | of a new piece of equipment can be very |
| If they did not receive a total hip replacement | | | | compelling and nothing more than a sales device. |
| surgery in India or Mexico, the insight they can | | | | No business in the world is going to represent |
| provide is limited to their experience with the | | | | itself as anything other than a state of the art |
| staff. While a nice staff makes a hospital stay | | | | operation. |
| more bearable, it is not a good measure of a | | | | Should you use the internet to do the majority of |
| hospital. Moreover, most people lack the | | | | research about, for example, a total hip |
| professional background to evaluate the | | | | replacement in mexico or india, it is vital to get |
| equipment and training of the staff. Nonetheless, a | | | | confirmation of the information from more than |
| testimonial can provide you with somewhere to | | | | the hospital website. The best way to be sure of |
| begin, which can be helpful in and of itself. | | | | the quality of care is by finding out if the facility |
| The next inevitable source of information about | | | | has been accredited by the Joint Commission |
| facilities abroad that perform total hip replacement | | | | International. |