Full Description
This book provides a comprehensive overview of universal health coverage in India. It starts by setting the historical context and politics of the debates around universal health coverage (UHC) in India and proceeds to analyze the present crisis of public health in the country. The book examines the present policies on the pharmaceutical industry, missing links in universalizing health, and the importance of social determinants of health. It is divided into five sections, and some of the topics covered include the difference between comprehensive primary health care and universal health care, public health and medical care, health service, and health system. The chapters are contributed by scholars and practitioners based on historical, interdisciplinary, empirical, and policy research. The book is insightful to academics, public health administrators, policymakers, practitioners, and students interested in health care and organization, looking to transform theory into policy andpractice.
Contents
Universal Health Coverage: The Trojan Horse of Neoliberal Policies.- Universal Healthcare and Health Assurance Through Healthcare Industry and Market Mechanisms: Evidence Versus Ideology.- National Health Policy 2015: Growth Fundamentalism Driving Universal Health Coverage Agenda?.- Interrogating the Proposed Universal Healthcare in India Through a 'Quality' Lens.Growth of Private Medical Colleges in Maharashtra and Its Implications for Universal Healthcare.- A Critical Look at Public Private Partnership for Health Services in Karnataka.- Role of Public Private Partnerships in Ensuring Universal Healthcare for India.- Unaccountable Deaths and Damages: An Analysis of Socio-Legal Implications of Sterilisation Camp Deaths in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh.- Universal Healthcare and Universalising Health Insurance: Examining the Binary Through the RSBY/MSBY in Chhattisgarh.- Aarogyasri Scheme in Andhra Pradesh, India: Some Critical Reflections.
