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Rising Health care issues in Kerala
Kerala`s development experience has been distinguished by the dominance of social sector. The state has achieved hundred percent literacy for both males and females and the health care indices are comparable to advanced economies of the World. Kerala enjoys a unique position in the health map of Ind...
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RESEARCH ESSENCE
2013
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| 100 | |a Sreerenjini. S. C |9 36096 | ||
| 245 | |a Rising Health care issues in Kerala | ||
| 260 | |b RESEARCH ESSENCE |c 2013 | ||
| 300 | |a 67-7555-66 |b VOL.1, NO.1, JUNE-DECEMBER 2013 | ||
| 520 | |a Kerala`s development experience has been distinguished by the dominance of social sector. The state has achieved hundred percent literacy for both males and females and the health care indices are comparable to advanced economies of the World. Kerala enjoys a unique position in the health map of India. We have the lowest infant mortality and maternal mortality rate with the highest life expectancy in the country. However, the spread of modern disease has become major crisis in Kerala. Higher prevalence of mental health problems, suicide rates, death due to road traffic accidents and other traumas are other dimensions of the health problems in Kerala. Kerala is facing an alarmingly high morbidity rate at the most productive ages of people. The ‘health development’ is generally attributed to inter-sectoral factors such as the spread of education, political awareness, development of road networks and transportation, and social movements. The tradition of government support for health development has been a catalyst for the advancement of health care in the state. In recent years, there has also been considerable growth in private health facilities, so much so that these now outstrip government facilities in number. There may be a number of reasons behind this growth, including changes in social and economic factors such as increasing per capita income and the spread of literacy. But while certifying the merits of Kerala’s health system, the focus on utilization of health care services alone may not be sufficient. It has to be kept in mind that in a health care system, like the one in Kerala, out-of pocket payments constitute the bulk of health expenditure. In such a scenario, one also needs to take into account how an individual’s utilization of health care is influenced by affordability and also the consequences of quality health care in the economic life of the people .Therefore the paper attempts to examine growing health care issues of the State and to explore a comprehensive mechanism to reduce the health insecurity dimensions. | ||
| 650 | |a HEALTH INSECURITY; |a POVERTY; |a HEALTH STATUS |9 36097 | ||
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