I mean, I was thinking less private-clinic of dubious standards in a city, and more &quot;what can the national health services of developing countries reasonably deploy to most rural communities?&quot;.<p>For example, I am from Mexico, and cysticercosis (a brain parasite infection) is not uncommon in rural areas in Mexico. MRI scanners, which can be used to detect it, on the other hand, are quite uncommon outside of major cities. This might or might not be a good example, since I don&#x27;t know the cost&#x2F;safety trade-offs for MRI or all the alternative solutions, but if one could get, say, $20,000 USD MRI scanners that are close to in practice to $1 million ones, it might be worth a small safety delta. Public health in Mexico at the national level also tends to fall under &quot;generally trustworthy enough, but critically under-resourced&quot;.<p>Edit: Again, not sure how realistic this particular scenario is, but I think in general getting cheaper equipment for national health services might be worth it in cases where having a lower-standard device can save an order of magnitude more lives than it harms.