Healthcare Reform in India Some Policy Implications

India's healthcare picture seems to be at crucial stage, where there are some positive achievements on the health indicators but suffers some serious shortcomings in care delivery. The country has been successful in eradicating polio, reducing epidemics caused by tropical diseases and controlled HIV to a large extent. However, it still faces a huge economic burden due to communicable and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), struggles to balance accessibility, affordability and quality and in hiking public health budgets. Meanwhile, healthcare has become one of sectors, both in terms of revenue and employment. Research by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India indicates the size of the industry will reach $160 billion by 2017 and $280 billion by 2020. But despite this growth, healthcare sector faces numerous challenges in trying to effectively serve its 1.3 billion population. Here are challenges in care deliveries that need to be addressed