Mapping All Private Health Facilities in Ranchi Town of Jharkhand

Agency : Futures Group, New Delhi

The major objective of the study was to identify private practitioners in all wards of Ranchi town and to understand the type of services they provided. The specific objectives were:

  • To collect list of private healthcare facilities ward wise in Ranchi town covering all systems of medicine and all types of practitioners, such as registered and unregistered providers
  • To collect information about the inpatient and outpatient services provided by these private practitioners from all the wards of Ranchi town

Methodology:A descriptive study was conducted using the following methods:

  • Record reviews
  • Facility observations
  • Key informants' interviews at the facility

Appropriate tools provided by Futures Group were used for collecting information. The key informants will include private practitioners/ staff. The research team covered all private healthcare providers situated in the 37 wards of Ranchi town. Findings: A total of 378 private health facilities were traced in Ranchi. Out of these 308 health care providers provided OPD facilities only whereas a total of 70 institutions were provided inpatient services. Among all, 255 clinics and hospitals provided allopathic treatment whereas homeopathy treatment was provided by 115 health facilities followed by Ayurvedic treatment (39). Nearly 35 private healthcare providers practiced with multi-drug therapy. Almost all private health providers said that they provided affordable and accessible services to the urban poor (Table for Q38) by charging low fees for consultations, subsidised services and, if required, by giving free treatment.

It was evident from the study that the private healthcare providers of Ranchi town were interested in participating under a public-private partnership scheme. Based on the specialty and available resources, the private health care providers were interested in public private partnership. The services in which most of the providers have shown their interests are:

  • 1.General OPD
  • 2.Organising camps (for ANC, anaemia, TB and orthopaedic)
  • 3.Inpatient services etc.

Some of the private healthcare providers were willing to provide specialty services only, (such as paediatric treatment, OBG, dental care, ENT and ophthalmology care. A few private practitioners said that they were ready to work as volunteers if the government required their participation in the areas of their expertise. Some of them even offered their hospital premises for public programme.



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