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Budget 2017 should focus on preventive, promotive healthcare: Mehta of PwC

Mehta was responding to questions during the Business Standard live chat

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Emphasising that expenditure on public health in the country was quite low, Rana Mehta, partner and leader (healthcare), PwC said the government needed to focus on preventive and promotive care.

Mehta also stressed on the need for a robust medical fraud detection engine as part of the insurance claims process.

He was responding to questions on a Business Standard live chat on what should be expected from the coming Budget for improving health care in the country. Excerpts:

How should government spending on healthcare be increased?
India has among the lowest spends on public health. The focus