Healthcare financing: Approaches and trends in India.

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dc.contributor.authorBajpai, Vikas
dc.contributor.authorSaraya, Anoop
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-21T06:29:19Z
dc.date.available2012-06-21T06:29:19Z
dc.date.issued2010-07
dc.description.abstractDespite the importance of healthcare for the well-being of society, there is little public debate in India on issues relating to it. The ‘human capital approach’ to finance healthcare largely relies on private investment in health, while the ‘human development approach’ envisages the State as the guarantor of preventive as well as curative care to achieve universalization of healthcare. The prevailing health indices of India and challenges in the field of public health require a human development approach to healthcare. On the eve of Independence, India adopted the human development approach, with the report of the Bhore Committee emphasizing the role of the State in the development and provision of healthcare. However, more recently, successive governments have moved towards the human capital approach. Instead of increasing state spending on health and expanding the public health infrastructure, the government has been relying more and more on the private sector. The public–private partnership has been touted as the new-age panacea for the ills of the Indian healthcare system. This approach has led to a stagnation of public health indices and a decrease in the access of the poor to healthcare.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBajpai Vikas, Saraya Anoop. Healthcare financing: Approaches and trends in India. National Medical Journal of India. 2010 Jul-Aug; 23(4): 231-235.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/139137
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.nmji.in/archives/Volume-23/Issue-4/PDF-volume-23-issue-4/Speaking-for-Ourselves.pdfen_US
dc.subject.meshDelivery of Health Care --economics
dc.subject.meshHealth Expenditures
dc.subject.meshHealth Policy
dc.subject.meshHealth Services Accessibility
dc.subject.meshHealth Status Indicators
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshIndia
dc.subject.meshPoverty
dc.subject.meshPublic Health --economics
dc.subject.meshPublic-Private Sector Partnerships
dc.titleHealthcare financing: Approaches and trends in India.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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