Healthcare System Of Pakistan

Paper is about healthcare delivery system multiple challenges weaknesses in health policies and recommendations to improve Healthcare System of Pakistan. Healthcare sector is very important for any country which directly affects the economy of country. If there would be healthy manpower there would be increase in the productivity and as a result the economy of the country will also see an increase that leads to human welfare. Pakistan inherited totally inadequate Healthcare delivery system that was a heritage of grand British period. Healthcare system in Pakistan is practically vertical and in part horizontal. Healthcare system of Pakistan consists of private and public sector. The private sector serves nearly 70 of population and 30 by public sector 1. Pakistan is a low income country and according to Human Poverty Index HPI it ranks 65th among 102 developing countries 2. Only 27 of the population benefited from full healthcare coverage which includes mostly government employees and members of armed forces and remaining 73 depends on out of pocket payments 3. In Pakistan public sector health expenditure is 0.919 of GDP as per World Bank data 2014 4. As per Pakistan constitution provision of health is responsibility of provincial governments except in federally administered areas. State Healthcare Service delivery is being organized through a three-tiered Healthcare delivery system. The former includes Basic Health Units BHUs and Rural Health Centers RHCs forming core of primary Healthcare structure. Tehsil Head Quarters THQs and District Head Quarters DHQs for secondary care including first and second referral facilities which are supported by Tertiary care from teaching hospitals 3.