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!