Yep I really agree that a well targeted fund to transport patients with dangerous conditons that urgently need higher level care (obviously not only snakebite) could be a HIGHLY cost-effective intervention, if difficult to pull off at scale.
Love a bit of Fermi napkin stuff so...
Imagine on average transport costs paidwere $50 per severe patient, and this saved conservatively an extra 1 life every 50 patients referred (entirely plausible). That’s 2500 for a life, and there would be additional benefits on top of only life saved, including quicker recoveries and probably uncovering some underlying diseases as well.
Its the kind of thing we could probably manage as OneDay Health as our nurses would be great gatekeepers, but trying to do it on a larger statewide or countrywide scale would be very difficult with misuse and corruption likely to seriously reduce cost efficiency.
Yep I really agree that a well targeted fund to transport patients with dangerous conditons that urgently need higher level care (obviously not only snakebite) could be a HIGHLY cost-effective intervention, if difficult to pull off at scale.
Love a bit of Fermi napkin stuff so...
Imagine on average transport costs paidwere $50 per severe patient, and this saved conservatively an extra 1 life every 50 patients referred (entirely plausible). That’s 2500 for a life, and there would be additional benefits on top of only life saved, including quicker recoveries and probably uncovering some underlying diseases as well.
Its the kind of thing we could probably manage as OneDay Health as our nurses would be great gatekeepers, but trying to do it on a larger statewide or countrywide scale would be very difficult with misuse and corruption likely to seriously reduce cost efficiency.
Love the thinking.