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Specialised Medical Care Most In Demand Under Modi’s Health Insurance Scheme
Low package rates, shortfall in tertiary care hospitals and lack of specialist doctors and may impede PMJAY’s success.
13 Feb 2019, 01:49 PM IST
More than three-fourths of claims under Prime Minister’s free health insurance scheme came from costlier speciality care, including cancer and heart treatment, adding to the concerns of private hospitals that are lobbying for an increase in rates.Medical and radiation oncology accounted for 22 percent and 7 percent, respectively, of the total packages used by patients since the launch of the scheme, according to data provided by Nati...
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