Focusing on Primary Health to Achieve Universal Health Coverage in India
Healthcare financing is one of the critical determinants of achieving better health outcomes. In India, central and state funding collectively represents about twenty percent of total health spending. ACCESS Health conducted an exhaustive analysis and comparison of the benefit packages of government …
Revolutionizing Primary Healthcare Delivery in Uttar Pradesh
Today, the government of Uttar Pradesh took a critical step toward strengthening primary healthcare services in the region, launching a call for proposals for a new public-private partnership that could revolutionize local healthcare service delivery. Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state …
Accepting Request for Information for Primary Healthcare Network Pilot Program in Uttar Pradesh
ACCESS Health International is pleased to announce that it will be working with the Government of Uttar Pradesh to launch a Primary Healthcare Network Pilot program. The Government of Uttar Pradesh has appointed the State Innovations in Family Planning Support Agency to …
Feature: Investing in Healthcare – A Comparative Study in Healthcare Financing Across Countries, Lessons Help India Improve Its Health Delivery
Vrishali Shekhar and Bhavesh Jain of ACCESS Health India are featured in Business World Disrupt on lessons from a cross country study in healthcare financing to improve health delivery in India In the context of healthcare benefits to all, political will at …
Integrating the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana Program with Primary Healthcare: An Analysis of Information Technology Systems and Processes
As funding and payment models evolve, healthcare delivery organizations are rethinking the services they offer. This report describes the efforts of ACCESS Health to assess the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) insurance program, which provides secondary level healthcare to more than thirty …
Flipping the pyramid: Renewing focus on primary care, Express Healthcare
Siddhartha Bhattacharya, Country Director India, ACCESS Health International, speaks on the transforming the primary care model in India to a more effective and efficient system by way of certain strategic measures in Express Healthcare, a leading publication in India. The primary healthcare …
Health System in Odisha: Challenges and Opportunities for Investment and Improvement
In this blog post, I discuss the status of the health system in the state of Odisha and identify achievable areas for improvement and areas for potential investment by policymakers, nongovernmental organizations, research bodies, and the private sector. …
Dementia: A Way Forward
In this post, I focus on areas of care and engagement in life as a forward looking response to the public health challenge of dementia. …
In Case You Missed It: New and Noteworthy This Week
This regular blog series is a roundup of recent news items and developments that I found interesting and would like to share. …
Investing in Health: Countries Share Lessons to Improve the Future of Healthcare in India
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy recently hosted a policy consultation on health financing in India. …
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