Ayushman Bharat review: 66 percent patients treated in private hospitals
New Delhi: Around 66 per cent of the total beneficiaries have availed treatment in private hospitals under the Ayushman Bharat scheme with the majority of them being recorded in Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Chattishgarh, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh respectively, an official said.
Dinesh Arora, deputy chief executive of the National Health Agency (NHA), the apex body implementing the scheme, said till November 26, of the total 3,65,394 beneficiaries who were admitted to hospitals for undergoing various surgeries and procedures, 2.4 lakh have been treated in private hospitals.
"The rest 34 per cent availed treatment under the scheme at public hospitals," Arora said.
"So far, the maximum benefits under the scheme have been availed by people from Gujarat, followed by Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh," Arora said.
He informed that the NHA has paid an amount of Rs 312 crore for the claims to the hospitals.
The Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (previously Ayushman Bharat), touted as the world's largest health insurance programme, was launched pan-India by the prime minister from Jharkhand on September 23.
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