Inequity in Indian Health Care

Covers all the dimensions of inequity in Indian healthcare, providing country-level, state-level, and district-level analyses Sheds vital new light on health research issues and policies pursued by the government of India Provides guidelines for policymaking to overcome inequity and improve life expectancy at a faster pace

Dr. Brijesh C. Purohit is currently a Professor at the Madras School of Economics, Chennai, India. After completing his PhD in Economics from the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India, he accumulated nearly 25 years of professional experience, including teaching, training, research and consultancy. He has served at various reputed institutions in India, and was also a South Asian Visiting scholar at Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, UK. He has published a number of books and articles in reputed national and international journals.

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Review of Literature.- Chapter 3: Inequity Measurement.- Chapter 4: Approach and rationale.- Chapter 5: Results.- Chapter 6: Conclusions and Policy Guidelines.- Appendix: Selected Case studies.