Re:Introducing Uber Health, Removing Transportation as a Bar...
by SiempreViernes on Thursday March 01, 2018 @04:07PM
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I can’t see how there would be any cost savings except if you dump equipment that would otherwise be available; making the entire contents of a clinic mobile is surely more costly and complicated than paying rent.
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Re:Introducing Uber Health, Removing Transportation as a Bar...
by bobthepanda on Thursday March 01, 2018 @06:13PM
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Test kits are mobile, vaccines and bloodwork are mobile, basic diagnostic equipment is mobile. Most people do not need the vast majority of things a clinic contains; nothing you couldn't solve with a small refrigerable unit in a vehicle.
That being said, the downsides of travel time are so negative it's hard to see how they could be overcome.
Re:Introducing Uber Health, Removing Transportation as a Bar...
by dragonwriter on Thursday March 01, 2018 @07:00PM
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> I can’t see how there would be any cost savings except if you dump equipment that would otherwise be available
Compared to an urgent care facility, they pretty clearly have to be doing that.