Delivering World-Class Health Care, Affordably India might be the last place on earth where you’d expect to find health care innovation. Government programs have finally brought some infectious diseases under control, but the nation’s ability to meet the basic medical needs of its citizens remains abysmal. Despite robust economic growth over the past two decades, the infant mortality rate is […]
Three Ways to Improve U.S. Healthcare, as Demonstrated in India Writing in the Harvard Business Review and theWashington Post, two U.S. business professors, Vijay Govindarajan from Dartmouth and Ravi Ramammurti from Northeastern University tell the story of how Indian hospitals deliver better care for much less. The two professors uncovered nine private hospitals in India that provide quality care at a fraction of U.S. prices. For example, […]
Why Can’t U.S. Health Care Costs Be Cut in Half? Technological improvements in health care have given us the quality of life we enjoy today. But chronic conditions, end-of-life care, and an aging society will bankrupt the United States if it doesn’t make dramatic changes to its health care system. America — and many other countries — need an audacious goal to get off the unsustainable path. […]
Indian hospitals could show U.S. hospitals how to save money without cutting quality Vijay Govindarajan is a professor of international business at Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College. Ravi Ramamurti is a professor at Northeastern University and director of its Center for Emerging Markets. They are co-authors of the article “Delivering World-Class Healthcare Affordably,” in the current issue of Harvard Business Review. No matter how the fight over […]