issued. There were 18,236 hospitals empaneled [8,571 (47%) public and 9,665 (53%) private] and there were 4.65 million total hospital admissions with 2.18 million (47%) in govt. and 2.47 million (53%) in private facilities. The total treatment equal to Indian Rupee (INR) 7,490 Cr (US$ 1.07 billion) was provided, which included INR 2,846 Cr (38%) in Public and INR 4,644 Cr (62%) in private sector facilities.
The HWCs aims to address the identified challenges in PHC systems in India, by focusing upon holistic PHC