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Alternate Private Practitioners

To understand the private health sector market, we sampled 158 alternative private practitioners (APP) by locating the nearest APP for each clinic or PHC. APPs essentially provide ambulatory (outpatient) medical care and quite well integrated into the health care market. Homeopathy (34%), Ayurveda (19%), Ayurveda plus Allopathy (23%), and Allopathy (14%) systems of medicine are in vogue. Most Homeopathy practitioners (74%) had a professional degree. A little less than half (40%) of the Ayurveda practitioners have professional degree. The rest (60%) appear to continuing family tradition of practice in Ayurveda. A lot (73%) of those who practice Allopathy alone, had gained experience and knowledge through internship with Allopathy practitioners. On an average each APP would see about 50 patients per day. Most of them treat common complaints like cough, fevers, pain, skin diseases, diarrhea, etc. APPs readily adopt simple technologies like the use of thermometer, stethoscope, blood pressure apparatus and oral re-hydration salt, irrespective of the system of medicine from which they originated. An important strength of APPs is the readiness to escort their patients to hospitals if necessary.


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