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September 08, 2009

Equity In Speciality Care: The Aravind Eye Care System

Posted by RWJF Blog Team on September 8, 2009 in
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If you have been reading our interview series with David Roe and David Green about a project in San Francisco to create equity in specialty care, then you know at least a little bit about the project that inspired them – the Aravind Eye Care System.  

Like Aravind, this new pilot project is being designed to accept and treat paying patients and non-paying patients exactly the same.  For over three decades, Aravind has been successfully providing care to paying patients and using the profits to offer free care to those who cannot afford it.  

This past Wednesday, the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer featured a piece on Aravind – now the largest provider of eye care services in the world – and their successful model.  Check it out and then come back to Pioneering Ideas and check out the rest of our series with David Roe and David Green.

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