A regulator for health sector on lines of RERA likely to be set up soon

The survey cited unplanned readmission data - considered the most common metric of quality in the hospital setting

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RERA | Health sector | Niti Aayog

Aditi Phadnis  |  New Delhi 

A new regulator for the health sector, styled on the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA), is expected to be set up soon, with Chief Economic Advisor K V Subramanian scheduled to make a presentation on the outlines of the proposal to the NITI Aayog next week.

The move is expected to have a drastic effect on both the quality and the cost of health care in the country, especially in the private sector. The idea of a regulator was most recently mooted in the Economic Survey (2020-21) which noted a larger proportion of deaths in India were due to poor quality of health care rather than ...

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First Published: Thu, March 25 2021. 06:10 IST
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