Comments on: The Same Quality at One-Tenth the Cost http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-same-quality-at-one-tenth-the-cost/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Fri, 25 May 2012 14:05:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Health Alert: Why Can’t WE…..Be More Like THEM? | John Goodman | NCPA http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-same-quality-at-one-tenth-the-cost/comment-page-1/#comment-41578 Health Alert: Why Can’t WE…..Be More Like THEM? | John Goodman | NCPA Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:33:03 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=958#comment-41578 [...] what lessons can be gleaned from all this to guide health reform? As we previously reported here and Health Affairs reported here (but which is not even mentioned in the BRT study!!!): Although [...] [...] what lessons can be gleaned from all this to guide health reform? As we previously reported here and Health Affairs reported here (but which is not even mentioned in the BRT study!!!): Although [...]

]]> By: Devon Herrick, National Center for Policy Analysis http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-same-quality-at-one-tenth-the-cost/comment-page-1/#comment-39802 Devon Herrick, National Center for Policy Analysis Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:13:03 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=958#comment-39802 Recently Newsweek had an article discussing how health care is becoming a global marketplace. Firms in the Dallas-area are building hospitals in Mexico near the U.S. border to attract cash-paying Americans. http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=17290 Recently Newsweek had an article discussing how health care is becoming a global marketplace. Firms in the Dallas-area are building hospitals in Mexico near the U.S. border to attract cash-paying Americans.
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]]> By: Ralph Weber http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-same-quality-at-one-tenth-the-cost/comment-page-1/#comment-39745 Ralph Weber Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:05:41 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=958#comment-39745 John...just got back from Bangkok. Visited 8 hospitals. They are at least 50 years ahead of us in hospital care if not more. Everything I thought I knew about medical tourism has been turned upside down. John…just got back from Bangkok. Visited 8 hospitals. They are at least 50 years ahead of us in hospital care if not more. Everything I thought I knew about medical tourism has been turned upside down.

]]> By: DaveBurris.com | Global Medical Economy http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-same-quality-at-one-tenth-the-cost/comment-page-1/#comment-39718 DaveBurris.com | Global Medical Economy Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:56:52 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=958#comment-39718 [...] From John Goodman: Because Indian patients are paying for health care out-of-pocket, providers necessarily compete on price and quality. Because even middle-class incomes are quite low, Indian hospitals have to keep costs down to make care affordable. Because these hospitals also compete in an international marketplace, the quality must be very high. The result: open heart surgery that would cost $100,000 in the U.S. is offered for $6,000 at Indian hospitals that rival their U.S. counterparts on quality measures. [...] [...] From John Goodman: Because Indian patients are paying for health care out-of-pocket, providers necessarily compete on price and quality. Because even middle-class incomes are quite low, Indian hospitals have to keep costs down to make care affordable. Because these hospitals also compete in an international marketplace, the quality must be very high. The result: open heart surgery that would cost $100,000 in the U.S. is offered for $6,000 at Indian hospitals that rival their U.S. counterparts on quality measures. [...]

]]> By: John Goodman http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-same-quality-at-one-tenth-the-cost/comment-page-1/#comment-39611 John Goodman Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:10:36 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=958#comment-39611 <p>Per Bob's request, </p> <p>You can read the expanded version of the report if you go to the address below and click "download." http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1277407</p> Per Bob's request, 

You can read the expanded version of the report if you go to the address below and click "download." http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1277407

]]> By: R E Carlson, MD http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-same-quality-at-one-tenth-the-cost/comment-page-1/#comment-39608 R E Carlson, MD Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:50:40 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=958#comment-39608 It's improbable that interventionist on the Left will permit the true prinicples enunciated to be implemented. Regardless, meaningful tort reform would lead the way to the desired India experience. LOL with the new congress! REC It’s improbable that interventionist on the Left will permit the true prinicples enunciated to be implemented.

Regardless, meaningful tort reform would lead the way to the desired India experience. LOL with the new congress!

REC

]]> By: Bob Corrigan http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-same-quality-at-one-tenth-the-cost/comment-page-1/#comment-39605 Bob Corrigan Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:25:33 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=958#comment-39605 John: What a great article, do you have a source for a more expanded version of this report???? John:

What a great article, do you have a source for a more expanded version of this report????

]]> By: Marti Settle http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-same-quality-at-one-tenth-the-cost/comment-page-1/#comment-39604 Marti Settle Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:24:39 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=958#comment-39604 This is why I respect the Indian intellect so much. How did Americans get so dumb so fast? This is why I respect the Indian intellect so much.

How did Americans get so dumb so fast?

]]> By: D H Leavitt http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-same-quality-at-one-tenth-the-cost/comment-page-1/#comment-39603 D H Leavitt Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:23:39 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=958#comment-39603 JOHN YOUR LOGIC MAKES GOOD SENSE... ....SO SOMETHING MUST BE WRONG WITH IT.? JOHN
YOUR LOGIC MAKES GOOD SENSE…
….SO SOMETHING MUST BE WRONG WITH IT.?

]]> By: David Seymour http://healthblog.ncpa.org/the-same-quality-at-one-tenth-the-cost/comment-page-1/#comment-39602 David Seymour Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:21:32 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=958#comment-39602 John, Thank you very much for bringing the Duke paper to my attention. Your readers might like to know that the paper is able to be downloaded for free via the link you provided. John,

Thank you very much for bringing the Duke paper to my attention. Your readers might like to know that the paper is able to be downloaded for free via the link you provided.

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