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The modern Indian healthcare system has transformed from a solid foundation of ancient Ayurveda practice. The current healthcare system in India comprises a set of public and private institutions, controlled by the state government, the central government and private organizations. While government spending is reserved for only those institutions owned and run by the central and state governments, India’s dynamic medical structure is dominated by those controlled by private organizations. There has been a rise in the public health sectors and the co-operative sector as well.
This chapter will review the public and private healthcare delivery systems in India. With respect to spine treatment, this chapter will focus on the healthcare received in this speciality and deliver statistics that would give the reader an overview of the healthcare system in India.
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Rudrappa, S., Agarkhed, D.V., Vaidya, S.S. (2019). Healthcare Systems: India. In: Ratliff, J., Albert, T., Cheng, J., Knightly, J. (eds) Quality Spine Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97990-8_13
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