The following measures need to be taken on various fronts to improve healthcare in India:
Healthcare spending by the government
- Revise health allocations with significant increases
- Ensure adequate allocation of resources for health in view of evidence-based research
- Review and refine government systems for greater transparency
- Establish robust monitoring systems
Medical devices and disposables
- Facilitate reuse of devices without compromising quality
- Regulatory mechanisms for affordable pricing and access of devices
- Regulate stringent environmentally friendly mechanisms for disposal of used equipment
Taxation policy for hospitals and healthcare providers
- Tax relief for healthcare providers on the use of all resources such as water, electricity etc
- Tax relief for healthcare institutions in various policies
Insurance
- Strengthen structured insurance programmes to benefit insurance provider, service provider and patient
- Promote affordable health insurance for the over 65-year old population
- Affordable health insurance for chronic illnesses
Public health policies
- Promote ‘Universal Health Coverage’
- Mainstream policies for senior citizens welfare in all ministries
- Strengthen implementation of programmes for vulnerable sections (widows, disabled, patients with chronic conditions etc)
- Policies for affordability of healthcare services
- Policies to improve accessibility of healthcare services
- Policies to enhance CSR engagement in health services
- Promote health research
Public private participation
- Promote health research
- Simplify government processes to increase and improve PPP coordination
- More opportunities for PPPs
- Improved and simplified monitoring mechanisms to assess outcome of PPPs
- Tax benefits for private agencies for association in policy agendas
– Dr Alexander Thomas, Director (CEO), Bangalore Baptist Hospital
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