Specialized Diabetes Clinics Arise in India; New Trend in Healthcare Delivery?

I recently was told about the growth of a chain of clinics in India calledLifespan Diabetes focusing entirely on the care of diabetic patients. Here's a short summary of the services offered by the company copied from its web landing page:We are India's First and Largest Chain of Diabetes Clinic. It's a caring endeavor founded by Ashok Jain, who is a diabetic himself for 21 years. With 40 Clinics across 10 cities, we have already reached out to help 81,000 diabetics. Diabetes is a hassle-some disease. So we don ’t want the added hassle of waiting for a doctor, going to a diagnostic centre, finding products in another place etc....We provide everything a diabetic might need, under one roof. Right from diagnosis to speaking to a dietician, educator, diabetologist. As a patient, you don ’t have to keep going from pillar to post.The phlebotomist comes home to take patient ’s blood. So life is easy and convenient for the patient.Various plans are offered by the company based on factors such as the stage of the disease, organ involvement, duration of the disease, and even for patients in a pre-diabetic state.Full Care 12 is the plan designed for those with newly diagnosed disease and"glycated hemoglobin not more than 9." The cost of yearly care for this group of patients is Rs.15900 which is equivalent to about $227. I am sure that the plans for more complicated patients are priced at a higher level.To set the stage, here's some data on the pre...
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