Question : Health Infrastructure

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has carried out any study to estimate the percentage of population dependant on private hospitals for healthcare needs;

(b) if so, the details thereof indicating the proportion of the population in the country dependant on Government hospitals for healthcare facilities;

(c) whether the Government has assessed the percentage of people availing inpatient and outpatient facilitie

(d) if so, the details thereof, State/ UT-wise; and

(e) whether the Government proposes to take specific measures to provide better Government healthcare to citizens by establishing more healthcare institutions in the country and if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND
FAMILY WELFARE
(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)
(a) & (b): Yes, according to the report ‘Health in India’ brought out by National Sample Survey Office(NSSO), Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MOSPI) based on NSS 71st Round (January–June, 2014), about 72 per cent spells of aliments in the rural areas and 79 per cent spells of ailments in the urban areas were treated in the private sector. Further, 28 per cent spells of ailments in the rural areas and 21 per cent spells of ailments in the urban areas were treated in the Government hospitals.

(c)&(d): Statements containing State/UT wise percentage spells of ailment treated on medical advice during last 15 days (including hospitalisation) and per thousand distributions of hospitalisation cases (Excluding Childbirth) during the last 365 days by public and private hospital in rural and urban areas from the reports brought out by NSSO, MOSPI based on NSS 71st Round are given at Annexure I and II respectively.

Public health and hospitals being a State subject, the primary responsibility to provide healthcare including ambulance services lies with the respective State Governments. However, under the National Health Mission (NHM), technical and financial support is provided to States/UTs to strengthen their healthcare systems including support for establishing more healthcare institutions, based on the proposals made by the States/UTs in their Programme Implementation Plans (PIPs).