Indeed, they are some of the most forward-thinking institutions when it comes to managing a patient holistically, versus compensating doctors operating in discrete silos on a fee-for-service basis.
They will, in many cases, be monopoly providers of benefit packages with the power to set the fees physicians can charge and to decide whether consumers will be allowed to select their own doctor on a fee-for-service basis.
The clinic is run on a voluntary basis and charges Western clients a feefor consultation and medicine, in order to provide a free servicefor the Nepalis.