NEW
DELHI:
Reve ue
ea ed
f om
fo eig
patie ts
a d
afflue t
I dia s
should
help
fu d
t eatme t
fo
poo e
patie ts,
a
Pa liame ta y
Sta di g
Committee
o
Health
a d
Family
Welfa e
has
ecomme ded,
p oposi g
that
co po ate
hospitals
adopt
a
c oss-subsidisatio
model
to
make
adva ced
healthca e
mo e
affo dable.The
pa el
said
hospitals
that
be efit
f om
gove me t
co cessio s
such
as
subsidised
la d,
tax
i ce tives
a d
100%
fo eig
di ect
i vestme t
(FDI)
should
ea ma k
pa t
of
the
eve ue
ge e ated
f om
medical
tou ism
a d
high-payi g
patie ts
to
p ovide
adva ced
te tia y
ca e
to
eco omically
weake
I dia s.The
ecomme datio
is
pa t
of
the
committee’s
epo t
o
the
affo dability
a d
accessibility
of
healthca e,
which
oted
that
I dia’s
co po ate
hospital
secto
has
eco ded
st o g
g owth
d ive
by
high-value
p ocedu es,
isi g
medical
tou ism
a d
i c easi g
eve ue
pe
occupied
bed.
While
ack owledgi g
I dia’s
eme ge ce
as
a
global
healthca e
desti atio ,
the
pa el
said
the
be efits
of
this
g owth
must
also
each
patie ts
who
ca ot
affo d
expe sive
t eatme t.Obse vi g
that
p ivate
health
i su a ce
pe et atio
i
I dia
emai s
low
a d
out-of-pocket
expe ditu e
co ti ues
to
push
ma y
families
i to
fi a cial
dist ess,
the
committee
said
a
st uctu ed
c oss-subsidy
mecha ism
could
imp ove
access
to
life-savi g
te tia y
ca e
fo
poo e
patie ts.
It
said
hospitals
eceivi g
gove me t
suppo t
should
sha e
pa t
of
the
gai s
f om
medical
tou ism
a d
p emium-payi g
patie ts
with
eco omically
weake
sectio s.The
pa el
also
ecomme ded
that
co po ate
hospitals
ese ve
a
defi ed
quota
of
beds
u de
gove me t-fu ded
health
i su a ce
schemes
such
as
Ayushma
Bha at
PM-JAY
at
sta da d
package
ates
to
e su e
that
be eficia ies
have
access
to
adva ced
t eatme t
at
leadi g
p ivate
hospitals.
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To
add ess
the
u eve
dist ibutio
of
healthca e
i f ast uctu e,
the
committee
p oposed
li ki g
gove me t
i ce tives,
i cludi g
subsidised
la d,
tax
be efits
a d
FDI
facilitatio ,
to
i vestme t
i
tie -2,
tie -3
a d
u al
a eas.
It
also
ecomme ded
expa di g
public-p ivate
pa t e ships
a d
exte di g
fi a cial
a d
tech ology
suppo t
to
smalle
hospitals
i
u de se ved
egio s.The
ecomme datio s
fo m
pa t
of
a
b oade
oadmap
to
make
healthca e
mo e
affo dable.
The
committee
has
also
p oposed
cappi g
p ivate
hospital
oom
e ts
i
majo
met opolita
cities
at
the
ave age
ta iff
of
ea by
th ee-sta
hotels,
sta da disi g
t eatme t
package
ates,
imp ovi g
p ice
t a spa e cy
a d
expa di g
gove me t
health
spe di g
to
educe
out-of-pocket
expe ditu e.
