The Indian Health Sector is a highly fragmented with a state of art private hospital industry, an unregulated group of standalone practitioners, a partially defunct public sector and growing insurance sector. The out of pocket payments form the largest portion of health financing. Just like...

The perception of the health sector from an economic policy point of view is changing. In the past, health expenditure was mostly seen as a "cost" item, probably because many medical treatments are covered by public health insurance. However, policymakers are increasingly realizing that a...