Economics of health in India/by K. Jamaluddin, Muzammil

This book deals with the various aspects of economics of health in India. It also looks into theoretical issues like the concept of human capital, health as investment, indicators of health status, health efficiency and determinants of human welfare. The main focus is on Uttar Pradesh, which is the largest state of India with a poor quality of population. For a comparative perspective, inter state and international comparisons are also included.

The book is divided into three sections. Section I comprising of four chapters, deals with human capital and its role in development, health and human welfare connections, indicators of health status and budgetary categorisation of medical and health services. Section II consists of five chapters that present the main body of the book. These offer a discussion of health in plan priorities, public and private financing of health, the demand for and expenditure on health care and health efficiency. Section III comprising of three chapters, analyses the implications and prospects of health policy in a comparative perspective. The book presents an alternative scheme of financing and health insurance.