ZENITH International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research
Year : 2013, Volume : 3, Issue : 11
First page : ( 103) Last page : ( 116)
Online ISSN : 2231-5780.

Health care policy and programme in India and Odisha (A historical perspect analysis)

Dash Anjali

MA, Mphil in Economics ICSSR Doctoral Fellow (Economics), M.P Institute of Social Science Research, 6-Bharatpuri, Ujjain (MP)

Online published on 11 April, 2014.

Abstract

Health impact assessment is globally gaining widespread credibility and adoption in the policy making process as it leads to a holistic view of health care and informs policy dialogue in a more coherent manner. But in India it has not yet begun. Health care planning has undergone changes in its structure, personnel and in its access of the populace on the basis of recommendations made by different committees. Health sector reforms are a significant process in which the structural and organizational changes take place with the expressed initiation of achieving health care objectives. Most of this is Health for all by the Year 2000AD which implied a substantial change in basic health policies and in the approaches to provide minimum health facilities, the government of India along with state govt. increased the allocation to the health sector. In the phase of liberalization the unprecedented entry of the private players which has led to mushrooming of corporate health services in urban and metros. This paper discusses the various policies that have been in operation in India as well as Odisha since Independence and also highlight the general health policies, what are the provisions of access to health care facilities and policies during the five year plans.

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Keywords

Health, Reform, Policy, Development, Globalization.

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