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082 _a330 JAM
100 _aJamaluddin, K.
245 0 _aEconomics of health in India/by K. Jamaluddin, Muzammil
260 _aLucknow
260 _bBharat Book Centre
260 _c2006
300 _a285 p.
365 _b 395.00
365 _dRS
520 _aThis 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.
650 _aEconomics - Health aspects
700 _aMuzammil, Mohd.
700 _aChandra, Hem
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