What type of Health Care System does India Have?

Answer 1

The healthcare system in India features a universal health care system, meaning it is a system built around the principle of universal coverage for all members of society while providing ways for health financing and service provision.

Answer 2

Health care in India is extremely diverse. In most cities and towns private health care is of a good standard and in metros of the very best international standards. Public health-care is poor and understaffed and lacking amenities both in cities and in rural areas.

The further one moves from urban areas the worse the health-care provision. Some rural areas have no health care provision at all , allowing local untrained practitioners of quasi medicine to fill the gap.

Answer 3

IndiaMain article: Healthcare in India

India has a universal health care system run by the local (state or territorial) governments. Government hospitals provide treatment at taxpayer expense. Some essential drugs are offered free of charge in these hospitals.

An outpatient card at AIIMS (one of the best hospitals in India) costs a one-time fee of 10 rupees (around 20 cents U.S.) and thereafter outpatient medical advice is free. In-hospital treatment costs depend on the financial condition of the patient and the facilities utilized, but are usually much less than the private sector. For instance, a patient is waived treatment costs if their income is below the poverty line. However, getting treatment at high quality government hospitals is very tough due to the high number of people needing healthcare and the lack of sufficient facilities.

Primary health care is provided by city and district hospitals and rural primary health centres (PHCs). These hospitals provide treatment free of cost, but only if they are functional. Primary care is focused on immunization, prevention of malnutrition, pregnancy, child birth, postnatal care, and treatment of common illnesses.[citation needed]Patients who receive specialized care or have complicated illnesses are referred to secondary (often located in district and taluk headquarters) and tertiary care hospitals (located in district and state headquarters or those that are teaching hospitals).[citation needed]

Now organizations like Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotional Trust and other private organizations have started creating hospitals and clinics in India, which also provide free or subsidized health care and subsidized insurance plans.[citation needed]

The government-run healthcare suffers from a lack of hygiene; the rich avoid the government hospitals and go to developed countries for treatment. With the advent of privatized healthcare, this situation has changed. India now has medical tourism for people from other countries while its own poor find quality healthcare either inaccessible or unaffordable.