Addressing the social determinants of health through health system strengthening and inter-sectoral convergence: The case of the Indian national rural health mission

Global Health Action

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Prasad, Amit Mohan ^a,b   Chakraborty, Gautam ^c   Yadav, Sajjan Singh ^a,d   Bhatia, Salima ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

^b STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LIMITED   (India)

^c Population Foundation of India (PFI)   (India)

^d Municipal Corporation of Delhi   (India)

Author keywords

Equity; Health systems; India; National Rural Health Mission; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EQUITY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SYSTEMS; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH MISSION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EQUITY; HEALTH SYSTEMS; INDIA; NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH MISSION; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880464935     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.20135     Document Type: Article

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