IIT Jodhpur: Government and households spend substantially higher in private hospitals than public hospitals. The findings are the outcome of a research study by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur on how much do government and households spend on hospitalisation in public and private healthcare facilities in India. Average spending on hospitalisation in private hospitals by the government is Rs 3955 more than public hospitals. While average spending in public hospitals in India is mere Rs 2833 per day, it is Rs 6788 in private hospitals.
Health journal
The results of this IIT Jodhpur research were published in Health Economics Review Journal, an international peer reviewed journal.
“Overall, supply-side public spending contributed to 16 per cent of total spending, demand-side spending through PFHI to 16 per cent, cash incentives to 1 per cent and OOPE to 67 per cent. OOPE constituted 31 per cent of total spending per episode in public and 86 per cent in private hospitals,” the study added.
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Study area
This comparative study was carried out in Chhattisgarh state by Dr Alok Ranjan, Assistant Professor, School of Liberal Arts, IIT Jodhpur, along with Dr Samir Garg (First author and Executive Director, State Health Resource Centre (SHRC), Chhattisgarh), Narayan Tripathi, Senior Program Coordinator, SHRC, and Kirtti Kumar Bebarta, Program Associate, SHRC.
Dr Alok Ranjan, assistant professor, School of Liberal Arts, IIT Jodhpur, said, “Provisioning of inpatient care under public facilities is more cost effective compared to the private sector in India. Therefore, there is an urgent need to invest in public health facilities compared to purchasing it from the private sector.”
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