Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College and Sassoon General Hospitals, Pune, India.
Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
Front Public Health. 2020 Oct 16;8:571419. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.571419. eCollection 2020.
The private medical sector is a resource that must be estimated for efficient inclusion into public healthcare during pandemics. A survey was conducted among private healthcare workers to ascertain their views on the potential resources that can be accessed from the private sector and methods to do the same. There were 213 respondents, 80% of them being doctors. Nearly half (47.4%) felt that the contribution from the private medical sector has been suboptimal. Areas suggested for improved contributions by the private sector related to patient care (71.8%) and provision of equipment (62.4%), with fewer expectations (39.9%) on the research front. Another area of deemed support was maintaining continuity of care for non-COVID patients using virtual consultation services (77.4%), tele-consultation being the preferred option (60%). 58.2% felt that the Government had not involved the private sector adequately; and 45.1% felt they should be part of policy-making. A streamlined pathway to facilitate the private sector to join hands with the public sector for a national cause is the need of the hour. Through our study, we have identified gaps in the current contribution by the private sector and identified areas in which they could contribute, by their own admission.
私人医疗部门是在大流行期间将其有效纳入公共医疗保健系统必须要估量的资源。对私人医疗机构的工作人员进行了一项调查，以了解他们对可以从私人部门获得的潜在资源以及获取这些资源的方法的看法。共有 213 名受访者，其中 80%是医生。近一半（47.4%）的人认为私人医疗部门的贡献不足。私营部门应在患者护理（71.8%）和设备供应（62.4%）方面做出更多贡献，而在研究方面的期望则较低（39.9%）。被认为需要支持的另一个领域是使用虚拟咨询服务来维持非 COVID 患者的护理连续性（77.4%），而更喜欢远程咨询（60%）。58.2%的人认为政府没有充分调动私营部门的参与；45.1%的人认为他们应该参与决策。为了使私营部门与公共部门为国家事业携手合作，需要建立一个简化的途径。通过我们的研究，我们已经发现了私营部门目前贡献的差距，并确定了他们可以通过自己的承认来做出贡献的领域。
