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4 - India

Reforming a Private and Fragmented Health Care System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2021

M. Ramesh
Affiliation:
National University of Singapore
Azad S. Bali
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra
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After decades neglect, the Indian government has turned its attention to strengthening the health care system and the country is amidst implementing its most ambitious health care program. The Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY)rolled out in 2019 aims to provide health care coverage to half a billion Indian citizens and offers hope that it will reduce the population’s financial sufferingscaused by illness. The chapter assesses the evolution of the health care system in India and examines the policy tools in use to understand the country’s preparation for achieving its goal. In this chapter, we see that health care system continues to be handicapped by a weak public sector and an inadequately regulated private sector which together form an inhospitable context for publicly financed programs to succeed.

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Health Policy in Asia
A Policy Design Approach
, pp. 83 - 106
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • India
  • M. Ramesh, National University of Singapore, Azad S. Bali, Australian National University, Canberra
  • Book: Health Policy in Asia
  • Online publication: 02 December 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108692656.004
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  • India
  • M. Ramesh, National University of Singapore, Azad S. Bali, Australian National University, Canberra
  • Book: Health Policy in Asia
  • Online publication: 02 December 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108692656.004
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  • India
  • M. Ramesh, National University of Singapore, Azad S. Bali, Australian National University, Canberra
  • Book: Health Policy in Asia
  • Online publication: 02 December 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108692656.004
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