Question

Write a short note on public healthcare system in India.

Answer 1

The public healthcare system in India evolved due to a number of influences from the past 70 years, including British influence from the colonial period. ... There are multiple systems set up in rural and urban areas of India including Primary Health Centres, Community Health Centres, Sub Centres, and Government Hospitals.

Answer 2

Answer:

public healthcare system in India

Explanation:

The Indian Constitution makes the provision of healthcare in India the responsibility of the state governments, rather than the central federal government. It makes every state responsible for "raising the level of nutrition and the standard of living of its people and the improvement of public health as among its primary duties".

The National Health Policy was endorsed by the Parliament of India in 1983 and updated in 2002, and then again updated in 2017. The recent four main updates in 2017 mentions the need to focus on the growing burden of non-communicable diseases, on the emergence of the robust healthcare industry, on growing incidences of unsustainable expenditure due to health care costs and on rising economic growth enabling enhanced fiscal capacity. In practice however, the private healthcare sector is responsible for the majority of healthcare in India, and most healthcare expenses are paid directly out of pocket by patients and their families, rather than through health insurance. Government health policy has thus far largely encouraged private-sector expansion in conjunction with well designed but limited public health programmes.

A government-funded health insurance project was launched in 2018 by the Government of India, called Ayushman Bharat.