Lok Sabha Question No. 3290 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-13
Subject: High Cost of Treatment in Private Hospitals
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shivkumar Chanabasappa Udasi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3290 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13 TH MARCH, 2020

## HIGH COST OF TREATMENT IN PRIVATE HOSPITALS

## 3290. SHRI SHIVAKUMAR C. UDASI:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that the average cost of treatment in private hospitals is abou than that of public healthcare facilities and if so, the details thereof and the nec essary remedial steps taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (b) whether the Government has conducted or proposes to conduct any enquiry in this regar if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE I N THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) : As per the report of National Sample Survey 71st Round, conducted by National Sampl Survey  Organisation  from  January  to  June  2014,  the  average  medical  expenditure  p hospitalization  in public and private hospitals was  as under:

|             |   Public Hospital |   (Rs.) Private Hospital |
|-------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
| Rural Areas |              5636 |                    21726 |
| Urban Areas |              7670 |                    32375 |

Health is a State Subject.  Hospital services are part of the integrated health which  are  regulated  by  the  State  Government  concerned.  It  is  the  responsibility  of  th Government to take the necessary remedial steps in this regard.

The  Government  of  India  has  enacted  the  Clinical  Establishments  (Registration  a Regulation) Act, 2010 (CE Act, 2010) and notified Clinical Establishments (Cent Government)  Rules,  2012  there  under  to  provide  for  registration  and  regulation  of  cl establi shments. As per the Act, the clinical establishments are required to fulfil the cond minimum standards of facilities and services, minimum requirement of personnel, maintena of  records  and  reports  and  other  conditions  including  ensuring  complia nce  to  Standard Treatment  Guidelines  (STGs)  issued  by  the  Central/State  Government  and  display  of  ra charged by them at a conspicuous place. The National Council for Clinical Establishmen statutory body provided under the Act, has approved a standa rd list of medical procedures and a standard  template  for  costing  of  medical  procedures  and  the  same  has  been  shared  with States and Union Territories (UTs), which have adopted the CE Act, 2010, for appropriate by them. The implementation and mo nitoring of the provisions of the Act is within the remit the respective State/UT Government.

Currently, the CE Act, 2010 has been adopted by 11 States, namely, Sikkim, Mizora Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Rajas than, Uttarakhand, Assam and Haryana and all UTs except Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. Other States could also adopt the Act under clause (1) of Article 252 of the Constitution.

(b) : No. Health is a State subject; it is for the respective State Government to cond inquiry in this regard.

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