Private healthcare in India is one of the fastest growing sectors. In metros and even in Tier II cities, new, polished hospitals are continuously mushrooming and at the same time, medical costs are increasing and getting out of reach of even the middle class. The public sector too has seen many changes since 2005 and has now begun to seek solutions to fill up the gaps.
Interactions between the private and public sectors have taken off at varying pace across states and PPPs have mushroomed in niches of healthcare which we hardly knew existed. This particular report will give an idea about fundamentals of healthcare markets and contracts to give a perspective of how PPPs actually work and why these things happen one way or the other. Section one contains the fundamentals of PPPs, Section two gives a clear idea about the expenditure plan of the Government Centre as well as States. Few case studies are also given. Section three contains the role of governments and regulators in governance and the importance of performance measurement in a PPP contract. Lastly, newer options for PPPs are also explored.