Health and Well-Being in India A Quantitative Analysis of Inequality in Outcomes and Opportunities /

• Main Author: Borooah, Vani Kant (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Health economics.; Econometrics.; Asia-Economic conditions.; Health Economics.; Asian Economics.

The theme of this book is health outcomes in India, in particular to outcomes relating to its caste and religious groups and, within these groups, to their women and children. The book's tenor is analytical and based upon a rigorous examination of recent data from both government and non-govern...

Table of Contents:

• 1.Health Outcomes and Policy in India
• 2. Sanitation and Hygiene
• 3.The Social Orientation of India's Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Program
• 4. Child Malnutrition
• 5.The Health of Elderly Persons
• 6. Deaths in the Family
• 7. Inequality and Well-Being
• 8. Summary and Conclusions.