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Innovation Abroad

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Innovation Abroad

In this global era, outsourcing of manufacturing and services from high-cost countries to developing nations seems almost routine. Now, not even health care is immune—as we know from the small but growing phenomenon called "medical tourism."

In an increasingly typical scenario, a patient travels from the United States to a high-quality hospital in New Delhi or Bangkok for heart surgery—where it’s performed by a skilled physician, who probably trained in the United States, for a fraction of the standard American price. The combination of cut-rate pricing and generally good clinical outcomes has caught the attention of major U.S. health insurers . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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