Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II- Health and Governance
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The PPP plan drafted by NITI Aayofg involves linking private medical colleges with the government district hospitals, in which the private entities can convert half of the hospital beds into paid beds
Reason: Limited resources available with the Union and State governments
Criticism:
Regressive model which commercialises the already small public health system
It would further reduce access to public health institutions: especially when only 25% of non-hospitalised and 45% of hospitalised patients seek health care from public health institutions
Increases out-of-pocket health expenditure of Citizens
