Preservation and Restoration of Vision:
Vision for the Future, Part 2: Economic Benefits of Ophthalmologic Care: Compassionate Capitalism
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Initiatives and Organizations:
- International Ophthalmology's Vision for the Future
- VISION 2020: The Right to Sight
- Research Agenda for Global Blindness Prevention
- WHO and Non-Governmental Development Organizations (NGOs)
- ICO Society Preservation of Vision Initiatives
- Other Initiatives
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The hallmark of these financially self-sustaining programs is the choice to use profit and production capacity for service delivery to the poor. It is the choice to price the product at the lowest price possible while still allowing for sustainability and sufficient resources for ongoing development.
These programs are providing a service that is designed to be affordable to most or free to the truly needy and yet is not dependent on the charity of others.
This concept of compassionate capitalism can be applied to other settings where there is a combination of quality services, sufficient demand from paying patients and a location of service delivery in an area of higher population density with a large proportion of the population able to pay something.
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Also see:
- Contents of Economic Benefits of Ophthalmologic Care
- Table of Contents for Vision for the Future
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