Determinants of Health Status in India
The book comprehensively discusses the various determinants shaping the health sector in India. Based on intensive research, it quantitatively identifies the determinants of health status in India within a macroeconomic framework, taking both the demand a
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Determinants of Health Status in India
Determinants of Health Status in India
Keya Sengupta
Determinants of Health Status in India
Keya Sengupta Indian Institute of Management Nongthymmai, Shillong, India
ISBN 978-81-322-2534-8 ISBN 978-81-322-2535-5 DOI 10.1007/978-81-322-2535-5
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Dedicated to my loving parents
Preface
Studying the health sector of a nation is, on one hand, a very simple and also a very complex task. It is simple because health affects each and every person in a country, and at the micro level, every person seems to be able to be equipped to a large extent to take care of his/her health. It is complex, particularly at the macro level, because no single factor can determine good health, and health issues operate in a complex dynamic socioeconomic set-up. Health status, therefore, has being the subject of intense research by economists, sociologists, policy makers as well as the medical sciences. Health status of the population of a nation has therefore emerged unanimously as a crucial determinant of economic development throughout the world. Unfortunately, however, health is an area which has received the least importance in the development plans of most emerging nations including India. Investment in the health sector in India is one of the lowest in the world. India for instance, which has experienced almost 9 p.c. growth rate consistently for the last decade, has emerged as one of the nations in the world with high growth potential and has been the centre of attention by investors all over the world. However, records of health statistics in the country are lower than even some of the less developing countries of the world. In terms of the various healt
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