Posts by Anish Koka
Economics lessons from the subcontinent: India’s coronary stent policy
It is commonly believed that deliberate, careful price regulation by enlightened technocrats trumps the haphazard and chaotic regulation of prices imposed by the free market—especially when the market is subject to greed and corruption. A most interesting case study challenging that belief comes courtesy of the largest Democracy in the world: India. In 2017, an…
Read Full PostCommissioning healthcare policy: Hospital readmission and its price tag
The message comes in over the office slack line at 1:05 pm. There are four patients in rooms, one new, 3 patients in the waiting room. Really, not an ideal time to deal with this particular message. “Kathy the home care nurse for Mrs. C called and said her weight yesterday was 185, today it…
Read Full PostStatistical Certainty: Less is More
The day after NBC releases a story on a ‘ground-breaking’ observational study demonstrating caramel macchiata’s reduces the risk of death, everyone expects physicians to be experts on the subject. The truth is that most of us hope John Mandrola has written a smart blog on the topic so we know intelligent things to tell patients…
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