Health Economics in India

by Rout, Himanshu Sekhar; Panda, Prasant Kumar

• ISBN13: 9788177081411
• ISBN10: 8177081411
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-10-01
• Publisher: New Century Publications

Summary

Health is an important aspect of human resource development. Good health care facilities and services are essential so society can effectively contribute to social and economic development. With increased urbanization, industrialization, and the changing environment, health related issues and problems have become a great concern for the contemporary world. In India, scant literature is available on the concept of health and health economics. Many issues and aspects of Indian health have yet to be completely resolved. Little attention has been paid to the micro aspects of health economics by researchers, the government, policy makers, and the development planners. Health Economics in India provides the much needed material on health related topics, covering the different aspects and issues related to health including health status and development, tribal health, determinants of health, health care service delivery, and health sector financing and reforms.

Table of Contents

Introduction and Overview	p. 1
Health and Health Economics: A Conceptual Framework	p. 13
Health Scenario in India: Progress and Challenges	p. 30
Fiscal Reforms and Health Care Spending: An Inter-State Analysis	p. 51
Health Status of Tribals in India: Evidence from Andhra Pradesh	p. 67
Health Status of the Elderly in India	p. 80
Referral Transport Scheme for Emergency Obstetric Care under RCH- Phase-I, Rajasthan	p. 112
Health and Development Inter-Links in India	p. 128
Health-Development Interface in the Context of Malaria in Orissa	p. 141
Determinants of Nutritional Status of Children in Urban Households	p. 151
Status of Health and its Determinants in North East India	p. 172
Health Care Delivery System in Orissa	p. 189
Use of Primary Health Care Services among Rural Population	p. 209
Health Care and Awareness among Urban Educated Females	p. 215
Determinants of Health and Medical Care in India	p. 228
Rural Primary Health Centres in Andhra Pradesh	p. 243
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