This report focuses on health sector reform and outlines some broad measures for reform in
this sector. It evaluates policy options and presents the theory and evidence to support these …

Eighty percent of global deaths from heart disease, stroke, cancer, and other chronic
diseases occur in low-and middle-income countries. This paper identifies priorities for …

Objective: Despite several government initiatives aimed at improving public healthcare
services, private-sector has been a dominant player in most of the Indian states. Limited …

Health indicators in India may have seen substantial improvements in recent decades but
quality and affordable health care services continue to elude the poor. Government provided …

Background There is a gap in knowledge on the overall role and characteristics of private
health care providers in India. This research is aimed at understanding changes in the …

The entry of private health insurance companies in India is likely to have an impact on the
costs of health care, equity in the financing of care, and the quality and cost-effectiveness of …

This research paper attempts to collate literature from various sources, in an attempt to
answer three pertinent questions related to healthcare in India. Firstly, what is it meant by †…

Since the 1990s the structure and financing of many health care systems have been
reformed and, for the first time, a number of governments have accepted that quality …

OBJECTIVE: Despite an extensive tiered public healthcare system, India has one of the most
privatized healthcare systems in world. There is no evidence suggesting that this …

South Asia is a region of contrasts, with impressive technological achievements but also
more than 40 percent of the world's poor. These contrasts are evident in the health sector …