The Henry Fords of Healthcare : Lessons the West Can Learn from the East

Intro -- About the author -- Summary -- Tables and figures -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Trapped in Baumol's cost disease -- 3 Entrepreneurship in health technology -- 4 The Henry Fords of healthcare -- 5 What forces are at work? -- 6 Exporting healthcare -- 7 Internationalising health services -- 8 How the UK can benefit from health trade -- 9 Health entrepreneurship: a viable model for the West -- 10 Necessity breeds innovation -- References -- About the IEA -- Table 1 Cost comparisons between procedures in the UK and India -- Table 2 Optimism about the future of healthcare, by country -- Figure 1 Imports of healthcare services as a share of health expenditure, 2012, and their annual growth rate in real terms, 2007-12 (or nearest year) -- Figure 2 Exports of health-related travel or other services as a share of health expenditure, 2012, and their annual growth rate in real terms, 2007-12 (or nearest year) -- Figure 3 Medical tourism destinations in 2012 (thousands of patients) -- Blank Page.