The healthcare industry is one of the largest and fastest-growing service industries in the world. The respective merits of public and private healthcare systems are continually debated, but a third system that of healthcare cooperatives is rapidly emerging as a universal, community-focused and cost-effective alternative. Rooted in remarkable examples from every corner of the world, World Healthcare Cooperatives highlights both the challenges a successful healthcare cooperative may face, as well as its proven effectiveness in making a difference.
Understanding that, for many, especially in developing countries, private hospitals and healthcare insurance plans are expensive and out of reach, and that globally many public healthcare systems are under-resourced, chapters demonstrate how healthcare cooperatives have a critical role to play in providing services sustainably and at an affordable cost. Addressing the persistent gap between supply and demand in the healthcare sector, the authors highlight the capability of healthcare cooperatives to create a positive impact. With examples from Canada, Argentina, Japan, Africa, Brazil, Columbia, Sri Lanka, Spain, and India, chapters showcase the services that cooperatives can offer their communities, including the establishment of hospitals, medical facilities, and other infrastructure, as well as opportunities in biotechnology and information technology research.
Considering more than 100 million households worldwide that have benefitted from healthcare cooperatives, this pioneering collection triggers a new direction of research to support those seeking to establish healthcare infrastructure in developing and least developed countries in achieving universal healthcare for all.
Considering more than 100 million households worldwide that have benefitted from healthcare cooperatives, this pioneering collection highlights both the challenges a successful healthcare cooperative may face, as well as its proven effectiveness in making a difference.
Introduction: World Healthcare Cooperatives: Challenges and
Opportunities; K.K. Tripathy, Sneha Kumari, V.G. Venkatesh, M.P. Sukumaran
Nair, and R. Jayalakshmi
Chapter
1. The Emergence of Health Cooperatives: Experiences and Way Forward;
Ashok Dalwai, Ritambhara Singh, Vishita Khanna, and Rutuparna S.
Chapter
2. Role and Importance of Cooperative Structure in Healthcare (with
Regional Perspectives); Vignesh Sudhir and Sudhir Velayudhan
Chapter
3. Initiatives and Learnings from World Healthcare Models; Sneha
Kumari, V.G. Venkatesh, Priyanka Sunil Kothmire, M.P. Sukumaran Nair, and
K.K. Tripathy
Chapter
4. Governance of Healthcare Cooperatives with Reference to the Case
of Thrikkakara Healthcare Cooperative; M.P. Sukumaran Nair
Chapter
5. Healthcare Cooperatives in Argentina and Their Effect on Women and
the Local Communities; Nirupama Patwardhan
Chapter
6. Successful Model of Healthcare Cooperative Models: A Road Map
Abdur Razzaque Ansari Memorial (ARAM) Hospital by Handloom Weavers Jharkhand;
Niharika Singh and Aditi Mishra
Chapter
7. Spain Healthcare Cooperatives: Inspiring Model for the Developing
Countries; Khushbu Thadani and Mansi Patnaik
Chapter
8. Rebuilding and Founding Healthcare Cooperatives: A Review of
Ayushman Sahakar Scheme in India and Gampaha Cooperative in Srilanka as a
Development Mechanism; Samaya Pillai, Manik Kadam, Madhavi Damle, and Pankaj
Pathak
Chapter
9. Ideating Healthcare Cooperatives as Parallel Progression for
Health and Healthcare Services; Leelavathi R., Arun Prakash, and Rakhi Mohan
Chapter
10. Challenges and Growing Opportunities for Healthcare Cooperatives;
Raj Krishna and Kumar Mukul Choudhary
K.K. Tripathy, Officer on Special Duty, Ministry of Cooperation, Government of India.
Sneha Kumari, Symbiosis School of Economics, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), India.
V.G. Venkatesh, E.M. Normandie Business School, METIS Lab, France.
R. Jayalakshmi, Former Faculty, Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Cooperative Management, India.
M.P. Sukumaran Nair, President, Thrikakkara Municipal Co-operative Hospital Society Ltd, India.
