The Economics of Eye Care
Eye Care: Recap
A recap of the economics of eye care in India.
Eye care shows how cheap fixes can change lives.
Module recap
- Most vision loss is avoidable.
- Cataract surgery is quick and cheap.
- Aravind uses efficiency and cross-subsidies.
- Aurolab made lenses cheap.
- Reading glasses raise productivity.
- Lenskart transformed eyewear.
- Myopia is rising in children.
- Donated corneas restore sight.
- Diabetes threatens vision.
- Task-shifting expands care.
- Government schemes fund care.
Lesson
Frugal innovation and scale can deliver quality care cheaply.
The gift of sight
A cheap surgery lets a farmer return to work and a child return to school.
Thinking quality care must be expensive
India's eye care shows otherwise.
Key takeaways
- Most vision loss is avoidable.
- Aravind and Aurolab cut costs.
- Glasses boost productivity.
- Scale and innovation help.
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