Assuring health coverage for all in India

The Lancet

Volumn 386, Issue 10011, 2015, Pages 2422-2435

  Patel, Vikram ^a,b   Parikh, Rachana ^b   Nandraj, Sunil ^b   Balasubramaniam, Priya ^b   Narayan, Kavita ^b   Paul, Vinod K ^c   Kumar, A K Shiva ^d   Chatterjee, Mirai ^e,f   Reddy, K Srinath ^b,g,h  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d Independent Foreign Policy Analyst   (India)

^e SEWA Bank   (India)

^f Vimo SEWA   (India)

^g Lok Swasthya Health Cooperative   (India)

^h WORLD HEART FEDERATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; EDUCATION; FOOD INSECURITY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN POPULATION; COST; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX RATIO; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COST OF ILLNESS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMANS; INDIA; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX RATIO; STATE MEDICINE; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84951310060     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00955-1     Document Type: Review

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