
As per the recent findings, India's economic growth will not be sustainable until the healthcare system gets adequate investment of about $3 trillion in the next 10 years, to have an overall 'ripple effect' on the country’s economy.
As per a white paper, 'Aarogya Bharat 2025', India Healthcare Roadmap for next 10 years launched at NATHEALTH event today said the country is healthier now than ever before, but its "continued economic progress is threatened by the country's under-served and under-consumed healthcare system".
The paper has been launched by apex healthcare sector body, NATHEALTH in collaboration with the US based global management consulting firm Bain & Company.
Commenting on the findings, NATHEALTH President Shivinder Mohan Singh said: "At 1.3 per cent of the GDP, public spending on healthcare in India is among the lowest across the developing countries and affects the poor and inaccessible rural areas the most."
"Healthcare spending in India needs to go to 6 per cent of the GDP of which the government's investment in the sector should go to 3 per cent. There is also need to for basic health insurance to all," Head of Bain's healthcare practise in Asia-Pacific Karan Singh told PTI.
A paradigm shift from curative to prevention and wellness is also needed, he further added.
The government should also help by giving priority status to the sector, he added.
"India can adopt universal access to essential healthcare driven by private sector-led provision with the Government playing the role of primary payer and provider in remote and underserved areas," NATHEALTH Secretary General Anjan Bose said.