How we decide what goes on this site.

On this page

Who writes and who reviews

Content falls into two categories.

• Directory pages (hospital profiles, doctor profiles, treatment summaries, cost pages) are generated from structured data — hospital websites, public registries (Wikipedia, Wikidata, OpenStreetMap, government portals), and hospital-supplied quote sheets. The copy is templated, not hand-written. We state this openly on each page by noting when prices were sampled and from how many hospitals.
• Editorial pages (blog posts, visa guides, destination overviews, condition and treatment explainers) are drafted by our in-house editorial team, then reviewed by a practising physician in the relevant specialty before publication. Reviewer name and specialty appear in the byline.

What we cite

For medical claims (procedure risks, success rates, recovery timelines), we cite at least one primary source. Acceptable primary sources are:

• Peer-reviewed journals indexed on PubMed, published in the last 5 years where available
• National medical society guidelines (ACC, ESC, AUA, ACOG, equivalents)
• WHO, CDC, NICE, or equivalent public-health authority publications
• Hospital-supplied outcome data where the hospital publicly reports it (some partner hospitals publish annual outcome reports — we link to those)

We don't cite other medical-tourism websites. Circular sourcing is how bad numbers spread.

How we handle pricing

Prices on hospital and treatment pages reflect quote ranges sampled from partner-hospital quote sheets across a rolling six-month window. Individual quotes are case-specific and are not the published ranges — a patient with comorbidities or a complex anatomy will receive a different number. We flag the methodology on every cost page and request hospitals confirm published ranges before listing.

We don't inflate prices to create a comparison arbitrage with our own service. Hospitals pay our coordination fee; patients see the same package price they'd see by contacting the hospital directly.

When we update, and how you'll know

Editorial pages carry a Last updated date and, separately, a Last reviewed date. "Updated" means a factual element changed (a visa rule, a regulation, a price band). "Reviewed" means a physician re-read the page and confirmed nothing is outdated, even if nothing was edited.

Baseline cadence:

• Visa guides: re-reviewed quarterly, or whenever an embassy announces a rule change
• Cost pages: re-priced every six months minimum
• Hospital profiles: re-checked annually against the accrediting body registry
• Condition / treatment explainers: reviewed annually unless flagged by a physician reviewer

Corrections

If you find an error — a stale price, an out-of-date visa rule, a doctor profile that misrepresents credentials — email medcastsdigital@gmail.com. Corrections acknowledge within 2 working days, with a dated correction note at the bottom of the page if the change is material. We don't silently edit live pages to erase prior errors.

Advertising, affiliates, and conflicts

We don't run ads. We don't accept affiliate fees from hospitals for placement or sort order on listing pages. Listing sort order on /hospitals is by rating and review count, filterable by country and specialty — not by ad spend. Hospitals that pay our partnership fee are disclosed on hospital profile pages.

When a hospital is partnered with us, that does not elevate them on listing or comparison pages. It only means we can coordinate quotes, travel, and post-op support for them. Non-partner hospitals remain listed and visible.

AI and automation, honestly

We use automation. Directory pages — 8,500+ hospital profiles, 800+ doctor profiles, 80+ treatment pages — are generated by combining structured data with templated copy. This is how we cover the long tail. Editorial content is not AI-generated; it's drafted by humans and reviewed by physicians.

Where directory copy is automated, you'll notice: short, structural, factual. Where copy is written by our editorial team, it reads differently. We don't try to pass one off as the other.

What we'll never do

• Publish outcome statistics without citing the source
• Write in the name of a physician who hasn't reviewed the content
• Manufacture patient testimonials (real testimonials cite the patient's country, treatment, and year)
• Recommend a specific surgeon outside of a written second-opinion or quote workflow with your records on file

Editorial leadership

Medical review is led by rotating specialists from our partner hospitals. Each editorial piece carries a Reviewed by Dr. [Name], [Credential], [Hospital] byline. If you see one without a byline, that's a mistake — email us and we'll fix it.