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While most key tourism and investment areas have doctors and dentists trained in the US, for top-flight medical care, expatriates in Belize still may fly to Miami or Houston. In rural areas medical care is limited or unavailable. Routine medical care (eg dental visits) can cost 2/3 less than in the US.
Panama City has high standard care offered in a number of hospitals and clinics. Outside the capital medical facilities are limited and most doctors will communicate only in Spanish.
Medical care in the capital city of San Jose is good, but is limited in areas outside of San Jose. Most prescription and over-the-counter medications are available throughout Costa Rica.
The Vivian Pellas Metroplitan Hospital in Managua offers high levels of medical care at prices far lower than in the US. But outside the capital medical care is very limited, particulary for serious mediacl problems. Doctors often do not speak English. Even small towns have a good supply of pharmacies where it is possible to buy a wide range of medications.
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