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The Insurance Times
Over the last few decades India has extensively tried to build a public health
infrastructure at primary, secondary, and tertiary levels, but has met mixed success.
The Public Health Sector is still continuing to face problems like poorly motivated
manpower, inadequacy of funds, skewed geographical distribution and other access
issues.
The problem of access is more pronounced in rural and remote areas, where
qualified practitioners are absent. In the urban context, though plenty of private
practitioners are available, the health care continues to be poorly regulated for
pricing and quality despite many legislations being enforced.
The absence of any significant influence from large organized purchasers of
healthcare like the Govt has also contributed to a situation where there is no
check on the price and quality of a health care provider.

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