The queue is the product — Care Abroad Half this directory is about money and the other half is about law, and both miss the commonest reason a person with an insured, funded, free-at-the-point-of-use operation available to them gets on a plane anyway: the… nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/story/waiting-lists/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 32K
Out-of-pocket share of health spending — Care Abroad What share of a country's health spending comes straight out of households' pockets, rather than from government schemes or insurance. nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/dataset/world-bank-out-of-pocket/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 33K
Root canal treatment — Care Abroad The dead or infected pulp is removed, the canals inside the root are cleaned, shaped and filled, and the tooth is sealed. The NHS describes it as treatment for infection at the centre of a tooth. nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/procedure/root-canal/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 48K
Tariff — Care Abroad A schedule of amounts set by a state or an insurer for named items of care. It fixes what the payer will pay, or refund, for each item. nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/word/tariff/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 32K
Cancún — Care Abroad The largest city in Quintana Roo, on the Caribbean coast of the Yucatán Peninsula, built in the 1970s as a resort and now carrying a second trade: dentistry and cosmetic surgery sold to people who were flying here… nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/city/cancun/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 134K
Words — Care Abroad Package price, facilitator, day case, DRG, graft, cycle, tariff — with roots. nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/words/ · 18-Sep-2026 · 35K
Choosing a facilitator — Care Abroad An intermediary stands between the patient and the hospital: it collects records, produces a quote, books the surgeon, sometimes books the flight and the hotel, and meets the patient at the airport. nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/step/choosing-a-facilitator/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 35K
Kenya — Care Abroad A source market. Kenyans with money or with an employer scheme fly to India for cancer treatment, cardiac surgery, transplants and neurosurgery; Kenyans without either do not go. nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/country/kenya/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 229K
Case rate — Care Abroad One flat amount for one case, agreed in advance. A trade description puts it at its bluntest: under a case rate "providers receive a flat reimbursement rate for every patient visit, no matter what service they provide". nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/word/case-rate/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 30K
Out-of-pocket — Care Abroad Money a household hands to a provider itself, rather than through a tax, a premium or a pooled fund. nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/word/out-of-pocket/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 32K
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