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Explaining our research

Before you weigh a six-figure decision abroad, it helps to know how the words on a clinic’s website are actually defined. These are the editors’ explainers — what an accreditation badge certifies and what it doesn’t, how to read a bundled-price quote, how our 1–5 findings are reasoned, and how to judge a destination’s risk. No sign-up, no paywall. The same warm stock and the same citations as the reports — written to be useful, not to sell.

Methodology · The Lead

How We Score Medical Tourism Destinations

A transparent look at the 112 factors, 8 categories, and 1–5 scoring rubric behind every country ranking on Epidaurus.

Epidaurus Editorial Team

Standards

What JCI Accreditation Actually Means

JCI is the gold standard patients cite most often — but fewer than 1,400 hospitals worldwide hold the designation. Here is what it covers and what it does not.

Epidaurus Editorial Team

Patient Guide

10 Questions to Ask Before Booking Surgery Abroad

Most patients research destinations thoroughly but forget to interrogate the specific hospital and surgeon. These ten questions cut through marketing and get to what matters.

Epidaurus Editorial Team

Beyond the essays — into the reports

The explainers describe the method; these are the findings themselves.