Most Indians dependent on private healthcare: Study
Households across India still overwhelmingly depend on private providers for healthcare services over public healthcare, a recent study has found.
Senior Fellow at Brookings India, Shamika Ravi, found in her study"Health and Morbidity in India: 2004-2014" that as much as 75 per cent of outpatient (OPD) care in India was exclusively private in 2014.
Around 55 per cent of inpatient (IPD) care is from private hospitals, it added.
Ravi, however, noted that dependence on private healthcare is declining.
"Indian households" dependence on public care has risen by 6 per cent for OPD care and by 7 per cent for IPD care," she said.
The study based on analysis of National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) data was released at Teen Murti House here followed by a panel discussion on "Health and Morbidity in India: Evidence and Policy Implications".
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