Re-Activating Primary Health Centres Through Industrial Partnership in Tamilnadu Is it a Sustainable Model of Partnership?

Kerala’s success in human development demonstrated that efficient functioning of government health care delivery system opens the doors of prosperity for the poor and vulnerable sections of the population.1-4 Better accessibility, appropriateness, effectiveness and efficiency of public health care system largely enhance its utilization by the population.5-7 If efficient, public health care system becomes a competitor for the private sector and competition from it serves as an important factor in determining the treatment cost even in private hospitals.Elimination of inefficiency also acts as a source of finance for the public health care system, as it is equivalent to a significant increase in the resource availability.