Healthcare in post-COVID India: A call for a decentralized healthcare system.
J Family Med Prim Care
; 10(12): 4337-4340, 2021 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1689974
ABSTRACT
Over the years, healthcare system in India has been largely centralized, expensive and impersonal. In a country where expenditure on healthcare is low, most healthcare expenditure is out-of-pocket and where most of the population continue to live in rural areas or in urban fringes, such a care is inaccessible, unresponsive and unaffordable. COVID pandemic exposed these realities further. Based on experiences of directly managing health services during COVID-19 pandemic in different settings and across different levels, authors of this paper argue for a decentralized, distributed and responsive health systems for India, that is likely to be more effective and sustainable in normal times, and in times of crisis.
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Type of study:
Qualitative research
Topics:
Long Covid
Language:
English
Journal:
J Family Med Prim Care
Year:
2021
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Article
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Jfmpc.jfmpc_2032_21
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