Inequity in Indian Health Care

• Main Author: Purohit, Brijesh C. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: India Studies in Business and Economics,
• Subjects: Health care management.; Health services administration.; Social policy.; Health economics.; Medical economics.; Social justice.; Human rights.; Economics.; Health Economics.; Social Policy.; Health Care Management.; Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.

This book addresses major aspects of inequity, such as access, financing, financial risk protection, gender, service delivery and utilization, in the healthcare sector in India,. Further, it discusses various measures for defining inequity in each of these aspects, and employs different indices for...