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Tables of Contents for Better Health Systems for India's Poor
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
xv
Preface
xvii
Acknowledgments
xxi
Acronyms and Abbreviations
xxv
Overview
1
2
The Indian Health System
3
5
Which Way Forward?
8
9
Options at a Glance
17
6
Part 1: Raising the Sights for India's Health System
23
108
A Crossroads
25
14
Objectives of the Health System and the Health Transition
27
1
The Current Policy Context
28
1
Historic Vision and Current Realities
29
3
Focusing on Four Critical Activities in the Health System
32
1
The Approach to Reform
32
7
Problems of the Public and Private Sectors
39
14
Current Structure of the Public Sector
39
1
Problems of the Public Sector
40
4
Structure of the Private Sector
44
5
Problems with the Private Sector
49
3
Notes
52
1
Policy Actions for Critical Health System Activities
53
32
Health System Oversight
55
9
Public Health Service Delivery
64
5
Ambulatory Curative Services
69
5
Inpatient Curative Services and Health Insurance
74
9
Concluding Remarks
83
1
Notes
84
1
Putting It Together: Raising the Sights of India's Health System
85
46
Different Choices for Different Parts of India
86
6
Choices for the Central Government
92
4
Choices for the States
96
17
Putting It All Together: The Case of Maternal Health
113
5
Specific Actions for Consideration across India
118
5
An Agenda for the Future
123
1
Concluding Remarks
124
2
Appendix
126
2
Notes
128
3
Part 2: Theory and Evidence
131
206
Health System Framework
133
18
The Descriptive Framework: Health System Actors, Functions, and Outcomes
135
7
Framework for the Consideration of Government Intervention
142
2
A Framework for Deciding How to Intervene: Make-Buy-Regulate-Inform
144
4
Notes
148
3
The Functioning of the Private Sector Market
151
50
Context: The Private Health Sector in India
155
2
Methods
157
2
Ambulatory Care
159
12
Inpatient Care
171
15
Concluding Remarks
186
1
Appendix
187
11
Notes
198
3
Setting National Health Care Priorities and Ensuring Equitable Delivery of Public Sector Services
201
32
Do Centrally Sponsored Schemes Meet India's Health Care Needs?
201
11
Households' Use of Personal Health Services
212
5
How Well Are Public Health Services Reaching the Poor?
217
12
How Does the Pattern of Public, Spending Affect Health Outcomes?
229
1
Appendix
230
1
Notes
231
2
Financing Health
233
32
Health Sector Spending
233
7
Financing Mechanisms
240
15
Conclusions
255
2
Appendix
257
7
Notes
264
1
Health System Outcomes
265
72
Health Status
269
17
Financial Protection
286
7
Responsiveness to the Public
293
5
Concluding Remarks
298
2
Appendix
300
21
Notes
321
2
Appendixes
A Studies Conducted for the Present Report
323
4
B Background Papers
327
4
C Major Recommendations of National Health Policy Reports since Independence
331
4
D Efforts to Address the Role of Private Providers in National Tuberculosis Control Programs
335
2
Bibliography
337
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