This post has been some time in the making, ever since Raul Pacheco-Vega introduced me to Andrew Szasz’s concept of an ‘inverted quarantine,’ defined further below, and fabulous Manpreet Singh and i started kicking around how the idea applied to our lives in Delhi. This week, a few events, including a desperate effort to stay awakeContinue reading “inverted quarantines, mosquitoes & the common man in delhi”
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doctor marketplace & lack of system improvement (delhi summer illness 4)
One of the first things you learn when studying health systems is how imperfect health care markets are — limited time or ability to shop around, massive information asymmetries, etc. It is interesting, then, how very marketplace-like was my experience during my most recent illness episode. It is even more interesting, i think, that thisContinue reading “doctor marketplace & lack of system improvement (delhi summer illness 4)”
Heather E. Lanthorn 