Out-of-pocket expenditure is key indicator of level of financial protection available towards healthcare payments. National Health Accounts is in its 9th edition.
Additional financial outlay of Rs 3,437 crore has been approved for the expansion. The cashless hospitalisation benefit of up to Rs 5 lakh is provided annually on per family basis.
A report by Centre for Social and Economic Progress & analysis by ThePrint finds India’s healthcare spending as a share of total spending has been falling since 2017-18.
Pan-India, C-section increasingly becoming an elective surgery rather than one driven by medical necessity. A state govt pilot project, which has kicked off in Tenali, aims to change this.
The growing healthcare industry also fuels innovation thereby facilitating the development of innovative drugs in India, reducing its dependence on the rest of the world.
Aadhaar data can be used to nudge public behaviour through a points-based incentive system, with additive benefits the more health-positive actions one takes.
14 people died in 24 hrs at Ghati govt hospital in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, one of the Maharashtra public healthcare facilities that have courted headlines over a suspicious number of patient fatalities.
Despite multiple agencies being involved, the US could maintain a clear chain of command. This is something India should consider too, as it defines the theatre command structures.
The latest comment comes as New Delhi and Washington have yet to sign a trade agreement. India’s purchase of Russian oil has reduced, but Moscow remains top source for crude.
Venezuela also boasts of a diverse portfolio of unmanned aerial vehicles capable of carrying out surveillance, reconnaissance and being employed for kinetic purposes as well.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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