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India : Private Health Services for the Poor

dc.contributor.author Radwan, Ismail
dc.date.accessioned 2013-05-29T20:37:10Z
dc.date.available 2013-05-29T20:37:10Z
dc.date.issued 2005-05
dc.description.abstract Despite India's great strides since independence, fertility, mortality, and morbidity remain unacceptably high. Although poverty and low levels of education are the root causes of poor health outcomes, poor stewardship over the health system bears some responsibility. Although India's states exhibit a wide variation in health outcomes, all but the best-performing states need to focus on improving both sexual and reproductive health care and child health care, and on reducing communicable diseases for the poor. This paper examines the public and private responses to this situation detailing the reasons behind the failure of the public sector and ways in which the private sector can be encouraged to play a role in providing health care for the poor in India. The paper concludes that there are three promising areas for the private sector including; (i) contracting out the primary health centers, (ii) social franchising and (iii) demand-led financing. The study is focused on what to do to improve health care for the poor, while a series of separate background papers focus on how to do it, and state specific issues in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, and Punjab. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/6292962/india-private-health-services-poor
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13657
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) discussion paper series;
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
dc.subject ALCOHOLISM
dc.subject AMBULATORY CARE
dc.subject ANTENATAL CARE
dc.subject BASIC HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject BEDS
dc.subject BLOOD BANKS
dc.subject BURDEN OF DISEASE
dc.subject CLEAN WATER
dc.subject CLINICS
dc.subject COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
dc.subject COMMUNITY HEALTH
dc.subject COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
dc.subject COST STRUCTURE
dc.subject COUNSELING
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subject DISEASE CONTROL
dc.subject DOCTORS
dc.subject EQUIPMENT
dc.subject ESSENTIAL DRUGS
dc.subject EXPENDITURES
dc.subject FAMILY PLANNING
dc.subject FEED
dc.subject GENDER
dc.subject HEALTH CARE
dc.subject HEALTH CARE FINANCING
dc.subject HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject HEALTH CARE POLICY
dc.subject HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
dc.subject HEALTH CARE PROVISION
dc.subject HEALTH CARE SERVICES
dc.subject HEALTH CARE SPENDING
dc.subject HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
dc.subject HEALTH CENTERS
dc.subject HEALTH CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subject HEALTH DATA
dc.subject HEALTH EDUCATION
dc.subject HEALTH FACILITIES
dc.subject HEALTH INDICATORS
dc.subject HEALTH INSURANCE
dc.subject HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME
dc.subject HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject HEALTH MANAGEMENT
dc.subject HEALTH OUTCOME INDICATORS
dc.subject HEALTH OUTCOMES
dc.subject HEALTH PLANS
dc.subject HEALTH POLICIES
dc.subject HEALTH PROGRAMS
dc.subject HEALTH SECTOR
dc.subject HEALTH SERVICE
dc.subject HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject HEALTH STATUS
dc.subject HEALTH SYSTEM
dc.subject HEALTH SYSTEM PERFORMANCE
dc.subject HEALTH SYSTEMS
dc.subject HEALTH TARGETS
dc.subject HEALTH WORKERS
dc.subject HOSPITALIZATION
dc.subject HOSPITALS
dc.subject HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject IMMUNIZATION
dc.subject IMMUNODEFICIENCY
dc.subject INCOMES
dc.subject INFANT MORTALITY
dc.subject INFANT MORTALITY RATE
dc.subject INFECTIOUS DISEASES
dc.subject INFORMAL PAYMENTS
dc.subject INFORMATION SYSTEM
dc.subject INJURIES
dc.subject INSURANCE MARKET
dc.subject LEPROSY
dc.subject MALARIA
dc.subject MALNUTRITION
dc.subject MEASLES
dc.subject MEDICAL SERVICES
dc.subject MEDICAL TRAINING
dc.subject MEDICINES
dc.subject MORBIDITY
dc.subject MORTALITY
dc.subject NATIONAL HEALTH
dc.subject NGOS
dc.subject NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject NURSING
dc.subject NURSING HOMES
dc.subject NUTRITION
dc.subject NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY
dc.subject PATIENT
dc.subject PATIENTS
dc.subject PREGNANT WOMEN
dc.subject PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
dc.subject PRIVATE CLINICS
dc.subject PRIVATE HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject PRIVATE HOSPITALS
dc.subject PRIVATE PHARMACIES
dc.subject PRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subject PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE
dc.subject PROVISION OF SERVICES
dc.subject PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subject PUBLIC HEALTH CARE
dc.subject PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject PUBLIC HOSPITALS
dc.subject PUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subject PUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subject PUBLIC SPENDING
dc.subject RISK FACTOR
dc.subject RISK GROUPS
dc.subject RURAL AREAS
dc.subject RURAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subject SAFE WATER
dc.subject STERILIZATION
dc.subject WORKERS
dc.title India : Private Health Services for the Poor en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/6292962/india-private-health-services-poor
okr.globalpractice Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000012009_20050916144828
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 6292962
okr.identifier.report 33579
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2005/09/16/000012009_20050916144828/Rendered/PDF/335790rev0IN0R1ivateHealth01public1.pdf en
okr.region.administrative South Asia
okr.region.country India
okr.topic Health Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topic Rural Development :: Regional Rural Development
okr.topic Health Systems Development and Reform
okr.topic Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems
okr.topic Health Economics and Finance
okr.volume 1 of 1
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