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Incidence and correlates of ‘catastrophic’ maternal health care expenditure in India: Article from Health Policy and Planning
Incidence and correlates of ‘catastrophic’ maternal health care expenditure in India Sekhar Bonu, Indu Bhushan, Manju Rani and Ian Anderson Abstract Using data from the 60th round of the National Sample Survey of India (2004), the study investigates the incidence and...
Health of the National Rural Health Mission: EPW Special Article
Health of the National Rural Health Mission Zakir Husain Economic & Political Weekly EPW January 22, 2011 vol xlvi no 4 ABSTRACT The National Rural Health Mission was introduced as a flagship scheme of the United Progressive Alliance government in 2005-06 to...
Decentralization, Preference Diversity and Public Spending: Health and Education in India:EPW Article
Economic & Political Weekly EPW October 23, 2010 vol xlv no 43 Education and health are commonly devolved functions to sub-national governments, even in nations which have a unitary rather than a federal structure. This paper investigates, for the specific...
India: Towards Universal Health Coverage; Lancet Series of Papers
India: Towards Universal Health Coverage Published January 11, 2011 Executive summary This Series of papers on India’s path to full health coverage reveals that a failing health system is perhaps India’s greatest predicament. The papers in this Series reveal the full...
Indian approaches to retaining skilled health workers in rural areas: Article From WHO Bulletin
Indian approaches to retaining skilled health workers in rural areas Thiagarajan Sundararamana & Garima Guptaa Abstract Problem The lack of skilled service providers in rural areas of India has emerged as the most important constraint in achieving universal health...
A “4X4” assessment of the impact of climate change on key sectors and regions of India in 2030s
India releases major new study on climate change science A “4X4” assessment of the impact of climate change on key sectors and regions of India in 2030s A major new report released today provides an assessment of impact of climate change in 2030s on four key sectors...
Good governance and corruption in the health sector: Article from Health Policy and Planning
Good governance and corruption in the health sector: lessons from the Karnataka experience R Huss1 et al Abstract Strengthening good governance and preventing corruption in health care are universal challenges. The Karnataka Lokayukta (KLA), a public complaints agency...
Has Child Mortality in India Really Increased in the Last Two Decades? EPW Article
Has Child Mortality in India Really Increased in the Last Two Decades? Nandita Saikia, Abhishek Singh, Faujdar Ram December 18, 2010 vol xlv no 51 EPW Economic & Political Weekly Abstract The trend in mortality from the Sample Registration System data shows a...
Progress towards universal health coverage in BRICS: translating economic growth into better health
Progress towards universal health coverage in BRICS: translating economic growth into better health Krishna D Rao,a Varduhi Petrosyan,b Edson Correia Araujoc & Diane McIntyred Abstract Brazil, the Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa – the countries...
Changes in addressing inequalities in access to hospital care in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra states of India: a difference-in-differences study using repeated cross-sectional surveys
Changes in addressing inequalities in access to hospital care in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra states of India: a difference-in-differences study using repeated cross-sectional surveys Mala Rao et al June 2014 BMJ Open Objectives To compare the effects of the Rajiv...