Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2008
Abstract
Recent discussions in health reform circles have pinned great hopes on the prospect of innovation as the solution to the high-cost, inadequate-quality U.S. health system. But U.S. health care institutions--insurers, providers and specialists--have ceded leadership in innovation to Indian hospitals such as Care Hospital in Hyderabad and the Fortis Hospitals around New Delhi, which have U.S.-trained doctors and can perform open heart surgery for $6000 (compared to $100,000 in the United States). The Indian success is a window into America's stalemate with inflating costs and stagnant innovation.
Citation
Barak D. Richman et al., Lessons From India in Organizational Innovation: A Tale of Two Heart Hospitals, 27 Health Affairs 1260-1270 (2008)
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