2010
DOI: 10.22610/imbr.v1i2.874
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Private Sector in Indian Healthcare Delivery: Consumer Perspective and Government Policies to promote private Sector

Abstract: This research paper attempts to collate literature from various sources, in an attempt to answer three pertinent questions related to healthcare in India. Firstly, what is it meant by ‘private sector’ in healthcare delivery system of India, secondly how has the private sector evolved over the decades and what has been the role of the government in propelling the growth. Finally, the paper tries to highlight some of the factors that have promoted the growth of private sector in India with specific reference… Show more

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“…For example, there was an agreement among seventy percent (70%) of respondents that privatization of public hospitals improves governance, leadership and performance. These findings confirm studies conducted by Shah and Mohanty (2010), Ramamurti (2000), Jarrell and Poulsen (1998) and concluded that privatization of hospitals can remove inefficient management due to improvement of governance.…”
Section: Effect Of Top Leadership On the Effectiveness Of Hospitals Psupporting
confidence: 90%
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“…For example, there was an agreement among seventy percent (70%) of respondents that privatization of public hospitals improves governance, leadership and performance. These findings confirm studies conducted by Shah and Mohanty (2010), Ramamurti (2000), Jarrell and Poulsen (1998) and concluded that privatization of hospitals can remove inefficient management due to improvement of governance.…”
Section: Effect Of Top Leadership On the Effectiveness Of Hospitals Psupporting
confidence: 90%
“…The philosophy and objectives of an organization can be determined by privatization and incorporation. However, this doesn"t take into account certain considerations regarding professional management orientation towards efficiency and the generation of surplus (Shah & Mohanty, 2010). One of the main changes introduced in privatization at the firm level is governance arrangement because it has an impact on the top leadership of the firm.…”
Section: Results Of Empirical Studies On the Effect Of Top Leadershipmentioning
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“…Until the early 1990s, the public sector still dominated Indian healthcare provision, while the private sector played only a limited role (Shah and Mohanty, :79). But deficiencies in “accessibility and availability in the public sector” drove growth in the private sector (Mavlankar 2000:5, ctd.…”
Section: Methods and Contextmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…3 Privatization also transformed the health care industry, building upon trends already long under way. Until the 1990s, the state, in combination with a host of informal private providers, such as pharmacists and unregulated street vendors, provided most of the health care received by the urban poor, creating what Nishtar refers to as a 'mixed-health systems syndrome' (Nishtar 2010, Shah and Mohanty 2011, Kamut and Nichter 1998, Das and Das 2007. But deficiencies in 'accessibility and availability in the public sector' drove growth in the private sector (Mavlankar 2000: 5, cited in NRHM 2012).…”
Section: The Indian Contextmentioning
confidence: 99%