India Public Finance and Policy Report

Health Matters
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-0-19-012115-0
Verlag: Hurst & Co.

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 277 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

Health crises plague most economies irrespective of their average per capita income levels, and this is largely due to chronic and repeated illnesses. Contextualizing this paradigm in India, the India Public Finance and Policy Report: Health Matters is an attempt to discuss some of the most crucial issues faced by Indian health sectors and to examine alternatives for policymakers to provide affordable, reliable, and effective health care facilities to the

people. This report compares three government-run social health insurance schemes-the Swasthya Sathi Scheme, the Aarogyasari Community Insurance Scheme, and a community-based health insurance scheme-to examine their effectiveness in reducing household's vulnerability to health shocks. Additionally, it brings to

light the manipulation of health package deals by private hospitals to increase the amount patients spend on them. The report also estimates the inefficiencies across states and districts of India with regard to health care personnel and infrastructure. Moreover, the editors have put together a series of interviews with different stakeholders associated with the health care system, such as doctors, nurses, patients, and medical representatives, who discuss the problems that perturb this sector.

Written in a lucid and non-technical language, this is a deeply researched theoretical and empirical commentary about health care and public polices in India.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jalan, Jyotsna

Marjit, Sugata

Santra, Sattwik

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Agrarsoziologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Gesundheitsökonomie

Über Autor(innen)

Jyotsna Jalan is Co-Director at the Centre for Training and Research in Public Finance and Policy, Kolkata, and Professor of Economics at the Centre for Studies in Social Science, Kolkata.

Sugata Marjit is Project Director at the Centre for Training and Research in Public Finance and Policy, Kolkata, and the Reserve Bank of India Chair Professor at the Centre for Studies in Social Science, Kolkata.

Sattwik Santra is Assistant Professor of Economics at the Centre for Training and Research in Public Finance and Policy, Kolkata.