Bihar - A Rapid Private Health Sector Assessment
There is little current information available on private health facilities in Bihar. Government has little to do with the private sector and no recent attempts have been made to survey the private formal or informal sectors. However, we know that t...
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| Format: | Policy Note |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/107811468267018116/Bihar-A-rapid-private-health-sector-assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37126 |
| Summary: | There is little current information
available on private health facilities in Bihar. Government
has little to do with the private sector and no recent
attempts have been made to survey the private formal or
informal sectors. However, we know that the private sector
is the dominant force in health care provision both for
outpatient and inpatient services. During site visits to
Patna and the neighboring districts, author saw a number of
private health clinics clustered by main roads in secondary
towns, most of which cater to maternal and child health.
Patna is home to a number of impressive private for profit
and voluntary facilities. Such facilities have moved in to
the fill the vacuum left by a non-performing public sector.
In conclusion, the gap between demand and supply has been
filled by various private providers, who are seen to be
either better or in many cases the only alternative to the
public health facilities. They include a range of providers
such as informal unqualified providers, Traditional Birth
Attendants (TBAs), faith healers, pharmacists or pharmacy
assistants in medicine shops, qualified physicians, and Non
Government Organization (NGO) clinics and for-profit nursing
homes and hospitals. It is important to understand that the
private sector does not represent a homogenous group. |
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