The “Health for All” declaration of the World Health Organization, brought out in 1978, envisions securing the health and well being of people around the world that has been popularized since the 1970s. It is the basis for WHO’s primary health care strategy to promote health, human dignity, and enhanced quality of life.
With the advent of modern-day healthcare, healthcare costs have been going up exponentially. Thus, the need for devising sustainable healthcare systems is felt. In this backdrop, several low cost healthcare systems such as the Vaatsalya Group, Glocal Healthcare etc, have come into advent. They are focusing on the lower end of the affordability spectrum, depending on volumes to drive business. Some of the key strategies of low cost/ sustainable healthcare systems are:
1. Fixed salaries rather than bonuses or incentives for doctors
2. Innovative management of real estate, such as rental of building
3. Optimal use of technology and low cost of equipment, made possible by aggressive bargaining
4. Fixed prices for common medical treatments , which keep costs down for patients by preventing doctors from ordering unnecessary procedures
5. Innovations such as beating-heart procedure and manual excision for cataract procedure
With the extension of modern healthcare into Tier II and Tier III cities, sustainable healthcare is reaching out to the masses. This trend would hopefully grow with time.
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