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IIM Indore
1947 – 1970s 1980s-1991 1991-2008
2
Life Expectancy at birth (years)
85
78 78
72 73
63 66
59
50
32
1951 1981 1991 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005
INDIA Brazil China Russia US UK Japan
110
80
56
28 23
11 6.5 5.2 2.8
1951 1981 1991 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005
INDIA Brazil China Russia US UK Japan
Source: FICCI & E&Y report 2008 3
•Health care structure in the country is over-burdened by increasing
population
•Economic deprivation in a large segment of population results in poor access
to health care
•Poor educational status leads to non-utilization of scanty health services
and increase in avoidable risk factors
•India ranks low amongst world nations judged by HDI
•Lack of education, gender inequality and explosive growth of population
contribute to increasing burden of disease
•India faces high burden of disease because of lack of environmental
sanitation and safe drinking water, under-nutrition, poor living conditions,
and limited access to preventive and curative health services
•Expenditure on health by the Government continues to be low. It is not
viewed as an investment but rather as a dead loss!
•Lack of accountability for the current initiatives
Accessibility
Reliability Affordability
Increase accessibility
•Encourage business schools to develop executive Develop partnerships between the public and
training programmes in healthcare, which will effectively private sectors that design newer ways to
reduce the talent gap for leadership in this area Talent deliver healthcare. An example of this would
•Revise the curriculum in medical, nursing, pharmacy and include outpatient radiology and diagnostic
other schools that train healthcare professionals, so that testing centres
they too are trained in the new paradigm
•Develop and implement national standards for
examination by which doctors, nurses and pharmacists
are able to practice and get employment
• Create an infrastructure to support basic levels of hygiene
Govt. • Establish effective and comprehensive immunization programs
• Encourage healthy lifestyles – fiscal/non-fiscal: Teach them young!
Buyers of
Healthcare
• Innovative insurance
schemes for the poor –
e.g. in India, GoI has
started Rashtriya
Swasthya Bima Yogana
(RSBY)
Approach