Role of private hospitals in Kerala: An Exploration

T.R. Dilip
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Centre for Development Studies, Trivendrum Working Papers from Centre for Development Studies, Trivendrum, India

Abstract: This is an attempt to understand the characteristics of private hospitals and the equity in accessing their services, using secondary data available for the period 1986-2004. The data indicates that private hospitals did not expand in numbers but a strong consolidation by large hospitals has taken place. Public policy favouring increased private sector participation in medical education coupled with opening of super specialty hospitals has led to a situation where small hospitals or nursing homes are losing their significance and a large number of them have been phased out. The regional variation in availability of private hospitals is sizeable. The presence of private hospitals is comparatively limited in northern districts of Palakkad, Kozhikode, Malappuram and Kasargod.....

Keywords: Private hospitals; health system; equity; Kerala (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I11 I18 I19 J18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 47 pages
Date: 2008-06
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