India Scenario: Basic Healthcare

• India spends 4.6% of its GDP on healthcare i.e. US$ 23 per capita (INR 1,021), 2010 (world average is 10% and per capita world average is US$ 964)
• Public Expenditure: 22.6% (World average is 58.5%)
• Number of hospitals
• Public Hospitals: 31,500 (PHC & CHC: 95%, Tertiary care: 1%)
• Private Hospitals: 15,000 (Nursing homes: 86%, Tertiary care: 3%)
• Hospital beds: 816,200
• Hospital beds per ‘000 population: 0.7 (world average 2.6)
• Inpatient admissions, 2005-06: 130,700 (2005-06)
• Inpatient admissions per ‘000 population, 2005-06: 115.7 (World average 67.0)
• Number of surgical procedures: ~ 22,000,000
• Physicians: 700,000
• Physicians per ‘000 population, 2009: 0.6 (World average: 1.6)
• Dentists: 72,500
• Dentists per ‘000 population, 2006: 0.1 (world average: 0.3)
• Nurses: 1,509,195
• Nurses per ‘000 population, 2007: 1.3 (World average: 2.8) 
• Pharmacists: 578,200
• Pharmacists per ‘000 population, 2006: 0.5 (world average: 0.4)       
The above infrastructure clearly indicates there is lack of even the basic infrastructure needed for healthcare in India. In almost all, India has to travel a long journey to match with the world average. 
Later on we shall discuss on the topic for the other infrastructures related to healthcare!

India Scenario: General

• Population: 1,180 Million
• Population Growth: 1.6%
• Births per ‘000 population: 23.5 (2006)
• Death per ‘000 population: 7.5 (2006)
• Live births: 25,740,700 (2006)
• Infant mortality/ ‘000 live births: 57 (2006)
• Life expectancy at birth, Male: 65.8 (2006)
• Life expectancy at birth, Female: 68.1 (2006) 

• Income statistics (Source: TIG, ADB 2010)
• Rich (> INR 10,354 per person per month): 1 million
• Upper middle class ( INR 5,177 – 10,354): 5 million
• Middle Class (INR 2,070 – 5,177): 45 million
• Lower middle class (INR 1,035 – 2,070): 224 million
• Poor (< INR 1,035 per person per month): 825 million
• Income statistics 2009-10 (by households – Source: NCEAR)
• Total Indian Households/families: 228.4 million (2009-10)
• High income households (Earning per annum: > INR 1.80 lakhs per annum, at 2001-02 prices): 46.7 million (20.4%)
• Middle Income households (Earnings per annum: INR 45,000 to 1.80 Lakhs, at 2001-02 prices): 140.7 million (61.6%)
• Low income households (Earning per annum: < INR 40,000 per annum, at 2001-02 prices): 41 million (18%) 

• GDP: US$ 1.235 trillion (Nominal, 2009)
• GDP growth: 8.8% (2010)
• GDP per capita, 2009: US$ 962
• India spends 4.6% of its GDP on healthcare i.e. US$ 23 per capita (INR 1,021), 2010 (world average is 10% and per capita world average is US$ 964)