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>That being said most of India has access to govt. run hospitals which offer near free services. Nothing could be farther from the truth. I would recommend the
by rahulthewall 8y ago
>That being said most of India has access to govt. run hospitals which offer near free services.
Nothing could be farther from the truth. I would recommend the following study, published in The Lancet
>In India, despite improvements in access to health care, inequalities are related to socioeconomic status, geography, and gender, and are compounded by high out-of-pocket expenditures, with more than three-quarters of the increasing financial burden of health care being met by households. Health-care expenditures exacerbate poverty, with about 39 million additional people falling into poverty every year as a result of such expenditures.
See: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61894-6/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...
- modi15 8y agoI dont really need the study. I stay here and experience this on a daily basis. There is nothing in the study which contradicts what I said. People do visit private hospitals if public hospitals dont meet their needs and such visits can definitely bankrupt people. That doesnt have to mean that the govt. hospitals are doing a bad job or that private hospitals are inaccessible.
- rahulthewall 8y ago>I stay here and experience this on a daily basis. Your anecdotal evidence is not worth more than a proper study. >That doesnt have to mean that the govt. hospitals are doing a bad job or that private hospitals are inaccessible. Private hospitals, in India, are indeed inaccessible for the majority. As for government hospitals, we don't have enough.
- boruto 8y agoPeople who think Govt hospitals are not doing a bad job should at least visit a Govt hospital once. Govt. hospitals in india are pathetic. I have first hand experience with Government general hospital, Nellore.