- Format
- Inbunden (Hardback)
- Språk
- Engelska
- Antal sidor
- 168
- Utgivningsdatum
- 2015-12-01
- Förlag
- Academic Foundation
- Dimensioner
- 235 x 159 x 23 mm
- Antal komponenter
- 1
- ISBN
- 9789332701908
Medical Insurance Schemes for the Poor
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Kundrecensioner
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Global Health Governance and Commercialisation of Public Health in India
Anuj Kapilashrami, Rama V Baru
Global health governance has been the subject of wide scholarship, more recently brought to the fore by priorities for global health defined by the Sustainable Development Agenda. The health landscape itself has changed dramatically in the last tw...
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Commercialisation of Medical Care in China
Rama V Baru, Madhurima Nundy
This book explores the changing landscapes of the commercialisation of medical care in China. It is the first work of its kind, and discusses how the rise of market socialism, coupled with decollectivisation of agriculture and autonomisation of ho...
Recensioner i media
There are big questions in the study of health care financing. Who pays? What does, or must, government pay for? What is the role of private funding? Is insurance based financing better than budgetary financing? Is insurance cover appropriate for primary care? Does insurance work better in tertiary care? etc. Policy makers need a proper understanding of these issues. In analysing the working of public insurance schemes, this very timely volume adds to our knowledge of health care financing and the need for continuous government engagement"". - Keshav Desiraju, Former Secretary, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
Övrig information
Rama V. Baru is on the faculty at the Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. Her research focus is on health policy, international health, privatisation of health services and inequalities in health. She is the author of Private Health Care in India: Social Characteristics and Trends and more recently has edited a volume on School Health Services in India: The Social and Economic Contexts. In addition, she has published extensively in journals and several edited volumes. She was awarded the Balzan Fellowship by the University College, London and the Indo-Shastri Canadian Fellowship. Dr Baru is the regional editor (South Asia) for Global Social Policy published by Sage. She has served as a member of research committees for the Government of India, World Health Organization, Indian Council for Medical Research and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.