I applaud this initiative of collecting more data on this, by starting a small trial in an area with fewer confounding factors, and later applying those lessons

I applaud this initiative of collecting more data on this, by starting a small trial in an area with fewer confounding factors, and later applying those lessons learned in places with more interconnected systems in place. One unfortunate fact is that a small proportion of people 'consume' most of the medical care. Operational inefficiencies, the concept of health insurance, a byzantine cost structure, and in the US, after-the-fact billing conceal -- or at least spread out over time -- some of the financial pain of care. This is a sort of societal compromise to avoid confronting the problem: a society either shoulders (i.e. subsidizes) the cost of care for its most unhealthy, or lets them perish outright. Today, most civilized societies tiptoe around this subject by subsidizing medical care for the elderly for political expediency, where the marginal benefits (even for the particular individual) of life extension until funds finally run out quickly diminish, while leaving folks of prime working age bear a large portion of their own costs in case of misfortune, to say nothing of underserved minorities and the economic poor. Perhaps the best value of conducting this trial in a developing country isn't solely to get away from the political machinery of a mature healthcare system, but to escape the political baggage of a post-industrial society and see if technological solutions can work if morals and politics aren't in the way.