This compilation of annotations are part of a larger study undertaken "Critical review and documentation of studies on the private health sector in India" sponsored by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MOHFW), Government of India and funded by the World Bank, New Delhi.

The objective of the study was to suggest policy options regarding the private health sector in India based on available evidence. There were three institutions that collaborated in the study, Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes (Mumbai), Indian Institute of Technology (Chennai) and Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi) each covering a specific geographical area.

A book has been published that includes three papers that spell out policy options towards India's private sector and also contains an annotated bibliography of selected studies on the private health sector in India. The copies of which are available at CEHAT and other institutions. Researchers from the three institutions were involved in identifying, collecting and annotating the studies.

The Researchers

CEHAT: Sunil Nandraj, Devika Salunke, Anshuman Apte
Indian Institute of Technology : V.R. Muraleedharan, Sabrina Sunderaraj
Jawaharlal Nehru University: Rama V. Baru, Imrana Quadeer, Ritu Priya, Krishan Soman and Narendra Kakade

The annotations have been classified alphabetically
A -D

1. A Psychosocial Study of Selected Health Problems in Low Income Urban Colonies of South Delhi
2. A Review of the Rules & Regulations Concerning Private Sector Participation in Health Care in India & An Assessment of the Functioning of ESI, GIC & Hospital Insurance Schemes
3. A study on Capital Investment Decisions in Private Hospitals in Madras City
4. A Study on Contracting out of Dietary Services by Public Hospitals in Bombay
5. A Study of Growth in Health Services Provided by Private Health Care Institutions in Jaipur
6. A Study of Household Health Expenditure in Madhya Pradesh
7. A Study of Supply and use of Pharmaceuticals in Satara district. (Part1)
8. A Study of Supply and use of Pharmaceuticals in Satara District. (Part 2)
9. A Study of the State of Medicare Facilities in Agra (with special reference to Nursing Homes of Agra), Project Report
10. A Study of the State of Medicare Facilities in Agra City (With Special Reference to Medical Practitioners),
11. A Study of the State of Medicare Facilities in Agra City (with special reference to Ayurved and Unani)
12. A Study of the State of Medicare Facilities in Agra City (with special reference to Pathology Labs)
13. An Epidemiological Study on the Outbreak of Malaria in Valiyathura: A coastal area of Kerala
14. An Examination of Public and Private Sector Sources of Inpatient Care in Trivandrum District, Kerala (India), 1999
15. An Exploratory Study of Social Dynamics of Women's Health in Adityapur Village of Birbhum District
16. An Integrated View of Developmental Programmes in Kutanad: Implications for Health and Well-being of Agricultural Labourers
17. Bangalore Hospitals and the Urban Poor: A Report Card
18. Behavior of The Private Sector in the Health Services Market of Bombay
19. Changes in the Health Status of Kerala : 1987, 1995
20. Characteristics and Structure of Private Hospital Sector in Urban India: a study of Madras city
21. Characteristics of Private Medical Practice in India: A provider perspective
22. Contribution of Other Services Sector to Gross Domestic Product in India: An Evaluation
23. Cost-effectiveness of Public-funded Options for Cataract Surgery in Mysore, India
24. Cost of Health Care
25. Critical Condition: A Report on Workers in Delhi's Private Hospitals
26. Diarrhoea in Rural India, A Nationwide Study of Mothers & Practitioners, All India Summary
27. Disease Surveillance at District Level: A Model for Developing Countries
28. Determinants of Access to and Utilization of Health Care Services in Kerala

E -O
29. Earnings in Private General Practice: An Exploratory Study in Bombay
30. Economic Impact of Tuberculosis on Patients and Family
31. Efficacy of Private Hospitals and the Central Government Health Scheme: Study of Hyderabad and Chennai
32. Employee Medical Benefits in the Corporate Sector
33. Factors Affecting Health Seeking And Utilization of Curative Health Care
34. Factors Determining Health of Home-Based Women Weavers - A Case Study of Karur
35. Financing for Primary Health Care: Sevagram (India). Experiences from Voluntary Sector
36. Health, Households & Women's Lives: A Study of Illness and Childbearing Among Women in Nasik District, Maharashtra
37. Health Resources, Investment and Expenditure: A Study of Health Providers in an Indian District
38. Heath status, Socio-economic Conditions and Expenses for Delivery:
A Household-level Analysis of Pregnant Women in Dindugal slum areas
39. Hospital Based Urban Health Care Services
40. Hospital Services in Urban Tamil Nadu: a survey of maternity services in Madras city and Chidambaram / Cuddalore region
41. Household Survey of Medical Care
42. Illegal Abortion in Rural Areas
43. Impact of Tuberculosis on Private for Profit Providers
44. Improving the Performance of Reference Health Center A Case Study of Urban Health Center, Dharavi, Bombay.
45. Induced Abortions in a Rural Community in Western Maharashtra: Prevalence and Patterns
46. Involvement of Indian System of Medical Practitioners in the Delivery of RCH Services in Rural Areas
47. Issues in Worker's Health of the Unorganised Sector: A Case Study of some Steel Utensil Making Units of Wazirpur,
48. Law and Health Care Providers: A Case Study of Legislations and Legal Aspects of Health Care Delivery
49. Living and Working Condition of Coir Workers and their Implications for Health? A case study in Alleppey district
50. Modernization of Fish Economy and Its Impact on the Well Being of Fishermen: A Case Study
51. Morbidity Pattern, Health Care utilization and Per Capita Health Expenditure in a Rural Population of Tamil Nadu
P -Z
52. Patient Provider Interface: A Public Survey
53. Perception of Users about Health Care Services in a General and Superspeciality Government Hospital of Delhi
54. Pharmacies, Self-medication and Pharmaceutical Marketing in Bombay
55. Physical Standards in the Private Health Sector- A Case Study of Rural Maharashtra
56. Prenatal Sex Determination Tests and Female Foeticide in Bombay City
57. Prescription Audit Analysis - A study of Drug Prescription Practices in India.
58. Present Day Private ICU / ICCU in the City of Mumbai and the Patients Right to Healthcare
59. Preventive Measures against Hospital Aacquired Infections : Awareness and compliance by health care delivery staff with special emphasis on AIDS
60. Private Nursing Homes / Hospitals: A Social Audit
61. Private Nursing Homes and Their Utilization: A Case Study of Delhi
62. Private Practitioners and their Role in the Resurgence of Malaria in Mumbai (Bombay) and Navi Mumbai (New Bombay), India: Serving the affected or Aiding an Epidemic?
63. Public Private Partnerships in Health Sector: Issues and Prospects
64. Public Health-Urban Society Interface: A Study Of Pneumonic Plague In Surat
65. Quality of Heath Services In Rural India - A Comparative Study of Three States
66. Quality of Primary Health Care with specific regard to Gender Dimensions
67. Regulation of Private Health Sector in India
68. Report on the Census of Private Medical Institutions in Kerala
69. Review of Private/Public/NGO Sector Collaboration with in TB Care in India
70. Socio-economic and Political Determinants of People's Responses to their Health Problems: A Case Study of New Seema Puri - A Resettlement Colony in Delhi
71. Study of Gynecological Disorders in Women from the Slums of Mumbai
72. Study of Knowledge, Assessment and Practice of ISM practitioners and Health Functionaries in the Context of Delivery of MTP Services in Bihar and Maharashtra.
73. Sunder Nagri Mein Ulti-Dust Ka Prakop Va Uski Roktham-1988
74. Tackling TB : The Search for Solutions.
75. The Development of Public Health Services and their Utilization: A case study of The Bombay Municipal Corporation
76. The Household Management of Diarrhoea in the Social Context: A Study of a Delhi Slum
77. The Private G P and Leprosy A Study
78. Treatment of Tuberculosis by Private General Practitioners in India
79. The Traditional Herbal Medicine System of Chotanagpur: A study of its present Status & Future Prospects
80. The State of Medicare Facilities in Agra City (with special reference to medical practitioners)
81. Understanding Environmental Health: A Study of Some Villages of Pauri Garhwal
82. Utilization and Impact of Private Healthcare Services in Rajasthan
83. User Perspective in Urban Tuberculosis Control
84. Willingness to participate in Health Insurance
85. Willingness to Pay for Rural Health Insurance through Community Participation in India
86. Women and Health Care in Mumbai – A study of morbidity, utilisation and expenditure on health care in the households of the Metropolis