Incentive For Notification and Outcome Declaration

Private sector providers include private health establishments, qualified medical practitioners, private laboratory of pathology or microbiology and licensed private pharmacies. Private health providers are an inevitable part of the TB treatment and support in the country.

To improve complete reporting in Ni-kshay and ensure support care for patients in the private sector, the facilities will receive an incentive of:

• Rs 500 on Notification for a case diagnosed as per standards for TB Care in India (SCTI)
• Rs. 500 for Outcome declaration 
• For patients seeking healthcare from a facility in a different district, Nikshay enables the feature of linking a health facility (HF) in addition to the current HF. This enables the private facilities to enter treatment outcomes and become eligible for the incentive.