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It could work if it was accredited/malpractice was covered somehow, then just make a hospital in Mexico or the Bahamas. Of course it would need to be less expe

by ixacto 13y ago

It could work if it was accredited/malpractice was covered somehow, then just make a hospital in Mexico or the Bahamas. Of course it would need to be less expensive than the USA, have better outcomes, and have the same level of legal responsibility...we are a very litigious nation.

EGreg 13y ago
Why a single hospital? Have a website which lists hospitals and reviews of people, the prices charged, and even the doctors who practice there. Then people could book the trips through the site, which would take a 5% cut. Is this any good: http://www.treatmentabroad.com/medical-tourism/ratings-and-reviews/ http://www.treatmentabroad.com/medical-tourism/ratings-and-r...
- mjn 13y ago
  I'm a bit skeptical of crowdsourced ratings for this kind of thing, given the relatively poor quality (and frequent gaming) of ratings on sites like Yelp and Amazon. Some objective information, like third-party-audited statistics on treatment outcomes, on the other hand, would be very valuable.
  - EGreg 13y ago
    Well great, you've got a problem a startup can solve :)
    - mjn 13y ago
      True, and I'd love to see that kind of information. But it's a hard problem: doing solid outcomes analysis of hospital procedures is orders of magnitudes harder than crowdsourcing reviews!
      - EGreg 13y ago
        It is. You'd have a big barrier to entry for competitors.