When the health ecosystem discounts patient experience, it fails individuals and incurs added costs. Delayed diagnoses lead to prolonged suffering, reduced quality of life, and higher medical expenses.
The migration of healthcare workers from low and middle-income countries (LMICs) to high-income countries (HICs) — the so-called “medical brain drain” — is not a new phenomenon. But its scale and impact have reached a point where we can no longer turn a blind eye.
