We would like to thank Ms. Sujatha Rao, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health for initiating the study and the WHO-SEARO for funding it. Several individuals and institutions who helped us to locate relevant studies on the private sector in health care, for which we are thankful. These include the Voluntary Health Association of India, National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, Institute of Economic Growth, National Council of Applied Economic Research, Ratan Tata library at the Delhi University, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Agra University and Benares Hindu University.

Dr. Krishan Soman and Mr. Narendra Kakade provided the research support for this project and we are extremely grateful to them. We thank Dr. Lakhan Singh for administrative support and Ms. Krishna Bhatia and Mr. Dharam Raj for their secretarial assistance.

Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health

Jawaharlal Nehru University

New Delhi

Contents

• Introduction

• An Integrated Policy Perspective Towards The Private Sector

• Financing

• Medial Technology

• Medical and Paramedical Education

• Comprehensive Health Care

• Present Status of Private Sector

• Primary Level Care

• Role of Private Practitioners in Epidemic Situation

• Role of Professional Organisations

• Secondary Level Care

• Tertiary Level Care

• Staffing and Conditions of Work

• Role of Consumer Organisations

• Summary of Recommendations

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