India's Healthcare Industry

This book analyzes the historical development and current state of India's healthcare industry. It describes three sets of institutions that deliver healthcare services finance these services and manufacture products used in these services. These institutions provide healthcare (hospitals physicians pharmacies and diagnostic laboratories) pay for healthcare (individuals who pay out-of-pocket insurance companies community insurance schemes government ministries) and produce the technology used in healthcare delivery (pharmaceuticals biotechnology and medical devices). The volume also discusses innovative efforts to raise capital for the development of these sectors. Finally it includes three interesting case studies of innovative models of healthcare delivery (L. V. Prasad Aravind and Vaatsalya) as well as analyses of other innovative organizations like Narayana Hrudaylaya and the hospital chains. The contributors to the volume include Wharton faculty members graduates of Wharton's healthcare MBA program and executives and consultants from India.