The Challenges Confronting Public Hospitals in India, Their Origins, and Possible Solutions

<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="9"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Country</td><td align="center">Timor-Leste</td><td align="center">Gabon</td><td align="center">Equatorial Guinea  </td><td align="center">Djibouti</td><td align="center">Kenya</td><td align="center">Botswana</td><td align="center">Zambia</td><td align="center">India</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="9"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Beds/1000 population</td><td align="center">5.9</td><td align="center">6.3</td><td align="center">2.1</td><td align="center">1.4</td><td align="center">1.4</td><td align="center">1.8</td><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">0.9</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="9"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td>
                Source: World Development Indicators, World Bank DataBank [<a href="/journals/aph/2014/898502/#B67">3</a>].<br/></td></tr></table>

A comparison of the availability of hospital beds for selected countries.

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