Invest for Wellness (i4We) - - Unlocking Primary Healthcare Value
Abstract
Invest for Wellness (i4We), incubated by the Catalyst Group, is a system innovation in primary healthcare, which combines health and wealth interventions, and focuses on wellness for the poor in an affordable, quality assured, and scalable way. The program ensures primary care of members (locally), navigates them through a range of existing secondary and tertiary providers (where required), and uses a blended financing model. The model combines medical, behavioral, and social science with an appropriate mix of technology and health financing. It is currently delivered in four settings: urban, rural, factories, and sex workers’ collectives. i4We has five revenue streams: interest spread on inter-lending among members, sale of health products, fees for citizenry services, sale of insurance, and direct sponsorship of ultra-poor families’ health. These along with a startup grant capital ramp of three to five years enables the program to break even and be self-sufficient.
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