Comparative Study on Public and Private Healthcare Organizations in Haryana

A comparison between public and private healthcare provider sector has been carried out in Panchkula district of urban Haryana, northern state of India, for services measured against operational and quality indicators to estimate the best of both the worlds and suggest those changes that will make a difference for the welfare of the society.
The study has been carried out in two phases – in the first phase of study- important quality and operational indicators were identified on the basis, which could elaborate on the health status of the existing population in the district and determining efficiency of the services provided to them by public and private sector individually.
Results: It was found that in private hospital bed occupancy rate was only 55 percent whereas nearby public hospital served with a bed occupancy rate of 128 percent. The existing lag in bed occupancy rate (BOR) in private sector and over burden of public hospital could both be overcomed if healthcare was dealt as a unit rather then differentiating on the basis of economies of the population. This could not just help in coping up for improving health scenario but also improving quality of services as a whole in both the sector.