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Partnership with NGOs in delivering and provision of Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) services through mother NGO (MNGO) in the un-served and under-served regions is one of the important initiatives in India. The scheme involves large number of contracts between government and the NGOs. As of...
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The annual earnings performance of a company reflect numerous events. Some of these events affect almost all the companies in the economy whereas some are specific to the industry in which the company is operating. The objective of the present paper is to discern and quantify the influences...
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The paper discusses selected cases of private-public partnerships, which have recently been initiated by several state governments in India. The analysis of these initiatives suggests inadequacies of proper institutional mechanisms to implement the private initiative policies effectively. The...
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This paper analyses financial performance of corporate hospitals in India. While studying the financial performance of hospitals in our previous work we observed that there are some distinct differences between unlisted and listed hospitals. It is hypothesised that corporate hospitals which are...
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This paper analyses the time-series behaviour of private health expenditure and GDP to understand whether there is long-term equilibrium relationship between these two variables and estimate income elasticity of private health expenditure. The study uses cointegration analysis with structural...
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India’s initiative to provide structured antiretroviral therapy has raised hope among people living with HIV/AIDS to lead a more productive life. However, from a programme perspective, providing structured antiretroviral therapy has got high cost implications and there are ethical issues...
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Considerable progress has been made in improving the health status of the population over the last half-century. Despite this impressive progress, many challenges remain. The life expectancy is still 4 years below world average. So is under five mortality (12 per 1000 per year) higher that...
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Meeting the health care needs of population goes beyond mere budget allocations. The organisation of programmes and commitment of people working in the health sector has significant bearing on sector performance and its reform process. The reform process, among other things, intrinsically makes...
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Health insurance schemes are increasingly recognised as preferable mechanisms to finance health care provision. In this direction micro health insurance schemes and community based health insurance schemes are assuming significant importance in reaching large number of people. However, at the...
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The objectives of the study were (a) to find out the financial goals structure and the relative significance of the financial goals pursued by companies in India and (b) to examine if a company’s financial performance was related to the goal structure it follows. A questionnaire was sent to...
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