How and why India must introduce universal healthcare coverage

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Healthcare in India is a story of insufficient resources and poor outcomes. Investment is well below WHO guidelines in both qualitative and quantitative terms. Bed density is low (less than 1.5 beds per 1000 persons as compared to WHO guideline of 3.5), doctors few (less than 1.8 per 1000 as compared to WHO guideline of 2.5), and out of pocket spend high (86% as compared to an average of around 40% for low income countries). Rural India lags even further behind, with around 30% of the rural population having to travel over 30km for treatment.
Significant inequality in access is worsened as the existing healthcare workforce is inadequate and under-utilised. With low salaries, insufficient incentives, lack of career growth, inadequate training and inconsistent policies, the majority of the medical workforce chooses not to practice in the formal sector. India’s regulatory system hardly keeps up with the very diverse set of medical practitioners.
How and why India must introduce universal healthcare coverage | Times of India Opinion

 

[krish44]

healthcare -a sensitive issue . you have opened up on an issue most would be emotional about . yesterda 17thaug neeya

naana on starvijai brought out a lively discussion on the subject

health care has only issues with no will from anyone to do something about it

universal health coverage with insurance is a dream.it will increase the existing corruption.

large scale reforms with all india health services , having a huge pool of medicos and para medics, giving access to rural

folk to health care and deploying these people on a large scale in rural areas and developing a rural infrastructure of

general and speciality hospital are a must. it ought to be done on a mission mode to make it effective. medical

graduates atleast from govt colleges with subsidised fees should be sent for work to rural areas atleast for a year

before award of degree

for school teaching for B Ed degree working in govt schools for one year is made mandatory before grant of degree.in

delhi univ. why not turn on the screws on the doctors for workin in rural areas