Module 02 Course Project - Annotated Bibliography

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Health Delivery System in India

Ker King

11/23/2020

Health Delivery System in India

In the course project, India's health delivery system will be the country of choice. India is among the nations with the largest population globally where it has a population of over 13. Billion people. The country has massive inequalities in the healthcare system between different states. However, its life expectancy has increased from 49.7 years in the 1970s to around 69.1 years by 2018. The countries infant mortality rate has reduced from 74 in 100 individuals in 1995 to 37 in every 1000 births by 2015 (Shrivastava & Shrivastava, 2019). The country has a mixer of the health care systems that include private and public health delivery systems. The private sectors are mainly centered in urban India and provide both tertiary and secondary health care services. The public health delivery systems in rural areas are developed based on the population. The health system is characterized by many differences in quality between urban and rural areas and the private and public sectors. Despite its vast population, its health delivery system attracts vast medical tourists due to its low cost and high quality.

India has a universal healthcare system administered at the state level. The country's public health systems are free for all Indian residents. In 2019 the country's expenditure on health was over $3 billion. Health is a priority in the country, and there is a five-year plan that helps determine every state spending priority (Putul ET AL., 2017). In 1983 its parliament endorsed the national health policy that aims at providing universal healthcare. The country's constitution mandates every state with the duty of offering healthcare to the people.

The paper looks at India's health delivery system to get an understanding that will help in further studies. I choose India as a country of focus because of some familiarity with the Indian health delivery system. Thus, I would like to get a deeper understanding and knowledge of the country's health system. It also provides a good example that will help to understand the differences and similarities between India and the US. The two countries will be an ideal example. They will provide an appropriate comparison in the health delivery system as it provides an image of how health care is performing between a developing and an industrialized country.

References

Putul, M., Kahua, T. D., Jayanta, T., & Shobana, M. (2017). Clinical Establishments Act to Check Quality of Health-care Delivery System in India. Indian Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 15(3), 51-54.

Shrivastava, S. R., & Shrivastava, P. (2019). Integrating AYUSH in the healthcare delivery system of India. Cukurova Medical Journal, 44(4), 1527-1528.