PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sowmya R. Rao
TI  - A Tale of 2 Countries: The Cost of My Mother’s Cardiac Care in the United States and India
AID  - 10.1370/afm.1676
DP  - 2014 Sep 01
TA  - The Annals of Family Medicine
PG  - 470--472
VI  - 12
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.annfammed.org/content/12/5/470.short
4100  - http://www.annfammed.org/content/12/5/470.full
SO  - Ann Fam Med2014 Sep 01; 12
AB  - When my mother fell ill while visiting me in the United States, I had the opportunity to compare costs of surgical cardiac care in the United States and India. I faced challenges in making well-informed decisions in the United States due to the lack of cost transparency and the minimal flexibility offered in choice of care, whereas in India costs are readily available and allow most people to freely choose their preferred type of care.