08/01/2015
Prioritising services key to health spending: Experts
As India works to provide health insurance to all under National Health Assurance Mission (NHAM), experts have said the key to the scheme's success will be to determine which services should be prioritised so that health spending can bring the maximum benefit.
"Even the world's richest countries cannot assure all possible health services for every member of their population. In India the challenge is far greater. The country needs to meet the needs of one-sixth of all humanity with less than 1 per cent of the funds spent globally on health care," a World Bank report has said.
http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-10-20/news/55236804_1_health-spending-health-ministry-national-health-assurance-mission
NEW DELHI: As India works to provide health insurance to all under National Health Assurance Mission (NHAM), experts have said the key to the scheme's success will be to determine which services...
