1st Edition

Management of Healthcare in India Need for a Paradigm Shift

Edited By Tilak Shankar Copyright 2026
390 Pages 55 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

390 Pages 55 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

The book analyses the four key pillars of Indian healthcare – information, management, human resources and financing – to identify major systemic flaws and proposes practical, actionable solutions. It highlights how better resource utilisation can improve patient care, reduce costs and enhance access. India’s complex and multiple healthcare systems have proved incapable of delivering affordable... Read more

List of figures

List of tables

List of contributors

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of acronyms

1 Introduction

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PART I: State of play

2 Public health system in India: Achievements, challenges and the way forward

SUDHARSHINI SUBRAMANIAM

3 Tribal healthcare in India: In need of reforms

SHAILENDRA KUMAR B. HEGDE AND PRITHA VENKATACHALAM

4 Non-profit hospitals: A challenging future

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5 Sundaram Medical Foundation: A case study

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PART II: Operationalising healthcare in India

6 Leadership in healthcare

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7 Management science in healthcare

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8 Marketing

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9 Human resource management

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10 Role of AI in India’s healthcare sector

MALA SARAT CHANDRA

11 Quality as a management tool

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12 Management of support services

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PART III: Financing healthcare in India

13 Financial management in corporate hospitals

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14 Private equity (PE) investments and initial public offer (IPO) in the healthcare sector in India

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PART IV: Looking to the future

15 Public health reforms

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16 Future trends in Indian healthcare

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Index

Biography

Tilak Shankar is a commerce graduate from the University of Madras and has a post-graduate diploma from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA). He was a Director with AF Ferguson & Co. and is presently the CEO of Management Solutions. He has carried out more than 300 consulting engagements, including many healthcare organisations.