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082			_a001.0723621 _21 _bRAMK
245			_aStrategic issues and challenges in health management / _cEdited by K V Ramani, Dileep Mavalankar and Dipti Govil.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew Delhi : _bSage Publications , _c2008.
300			_axxii,i227p. ; _bHB _c23 cm
500			_aThe Indian health system has a poor global ranking. A new perspective on health system planning and development is required to improve the situation and build a health system responsive to the needs of the country. Strategic Issues and Challenges in Health Management addresses these concerns while also highlighting the challenges in delivering efficient and effective health services. The book discusses health sector reforms like financing, Public-Private Partnership (PPP), higher efficiency and cost-effectiveness. It deals with national health programmes, focusing on maternal and child health, infectious diseases, tuberculosis and malaria. The problems of urban health in the context of transition of the demographic and disease pattern in urban areas is also brought to the fore. Critical issues related to health and economic development, future challenges facing health systems, the policy challenges facing the implementation of the PPP approach, the issue of equity in health financing, as well as the roadblocks to efficient establishment of PPP are analysed. The book also deals with restructuring of the health system, while exploring capacity development as a process of health management. Written by well-known academics, health policy makers and health managers, this volume shall be of interest to health professionals, students and scholars of health economics, as well as those working in the areas of health and strategic management.
650			_aScaling up health in law income settings _9185487
650			_aGovernance in health systems _9185488
650			_aGood governance in health services _9185489
700			_aRamani, K V; Mavalankar, Dileep; Govil, Dipti. _9185490
942			_2ddc _cBK _e1st _k001.0723621 RAMK.
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