Abstract: Health service is one most important service sector of any country. Quality of health care services
indicates the sustainability of health service. Sustainability of health service consists of three main factors namely financial, social and environmental sustainability. Health financing and patient satisfaction is parameters of financial and social sustainability respectively. Sri Lanka is one of few countries which principally accept the free health concept. Therefore government health expenditure and its utility are important
areas to be studied for sustainable service. . This study was designed to analyze social and financial sustainability. Social sustainability was analyzed by patient satisfaction using primary data which was collected by questionnaire and financial sustainability was
analyzed using secondary data.
A significant gap could be found...........
Keywords: Free Health Service, Health Expenditure, Patient Satisfaction, Service Quality, Sustainability
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