Inequity in Indian Health Care - Brijesh C Purohit Gebunden

This book addresses major aspects of inequity such as access financing financial risk protection gender service delivery and utilization in the healthcare sector in India . Further it discusses various measures for defining inequity in each of these aspects and employs different indices for each dimension of inequity which include financing utilization region health outcomes caste and class and gender. The book covers both theoretical and empirical issues examining fifteen major Indian States as well as selected case studies at the district level. Combining quantitative and qua litative analyses the book provides an overall view of the outcomes attributable to both economic development and policy changes per se. While providing essential data and insights for policymakers and researchers alike the book also outlines further feasible policy changes that could potentially mitigate the current inequities in Indian healthcare. As such it offers a valuable resource for upper graduate-level students in health economics as well as for researchers and policymakers.