FINANCIAL TIMES: What the public services can learn from Uber

  • Diane Coyle

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Uber’s arrival in US cities seems to have led to a notable drop in the use of ambulance services — about 7 per cent, according to research. One report on this quoted concerns that Uber drivers are a poor substitute for paramedics, but also that an ambulance ride can cost a patient hundreds of dollars or more in the benighted American healthcare landscape.

Period18 Dec 2017

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  • TitleWhat the public services can learn from Uber
    Media name/outletFinancial Times
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date18/12/17
    DescriptionUber’s arrival in US cities seems to have led to a notable drop in the use of ambulance services — about 7 per cent, according to research. One report on this quoted concerns that Uber drivers are a poor substitute for paramedics, but also that an ambulance ride can cost a patient hundreds of dollars or more in the benighted American healthcare landscape.
    URLhttps://www.ft.com/content/983adae0-e3e0-11e7-a685-5634466a6915?FTCamp=engage/CAPI/webapp/Channel_Moreover//B2B&
    PersonsDiane Coyle
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Keywords

  • Uber
  • public services