Private practice in the health sector was re-introduced from 1980, when China began its economic reform from a planned … the point of view of health policy- making as little is known about it. The aim of this study was to describe policies and …

Allocations to the budget for health appear to be impressive but a closer look shows that this is not so, especially … taking into consideration the high inflation rate in the previous year. A substantive criticism is presented on allocation to … neglect of urban public health care. Importance has to be given to Millennium Development Goals that are still unmet. Health …

health, there is more inequality in the world than if we consider income alone. Such international inequalities in life … hope that economic growth will improve people’s health as well as their material living conditions. I argue that the … poverty reduction, there is no evidence that it will deliver automatic health improvements in the absence of appropriate …

Health economics is increasingly recognized as a discipline that has much to offer developing countries in addressing … these problems, but how can it help? What economic concepts and tools can be applied to the health sector? A wider … understanding of the discipline is required if it is to support health sectors, rather than remaining the preserve of a few …

significant increase in the number iof hospital beds to meet the growing health demands of its poopulalation. Most of this growth … hospital sector, however has not exhibited similar growth though private expenditures on medical and health care in real terms … have grown at 10 per cent per annum. This experience has something to do with the financial health and risks, as these are …

The budget 2006-07 proposals in health care fell well short of India’s march towards achieving Millennium Development … Goals(MDGs), the National Health Policy (NHP) goals and fully operationalising the National Rural Health Mission. Two …

Engaging and strengthening the ICDS and Health programs of the government was a major approach of the two component … effectiveness at scale. This paper describes how the INHP learnt and evolved in its strategies in engaging existing public health …

spectrum allocation to take full advantage of new services and new technologies for existing services that may evolve with time …