Question
Differentiate between public health services and private health services.
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Public health services
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Private health services
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The public health service is a chain of health centres and hospitals run by the government.
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Private health facilities are not owned or controlled by the government.
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It is meant to provide quality health care services either free or at a low cost, so that even the poor can seek treatment.
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These services are run for profit; the cost of these services is rather high.
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3.
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Public health services in rural as well as in urban areas.
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Private health services are concentrated mainly in urban areas.
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4.
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Patients usually have to wait in long queues in public hospitals.
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People do not face such problem in private hospitals.
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