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Title: An Analysis of Healthcare Measures in India
Authors: Jeesa Joy.C and Prof. Dr. K.V.Ramachandran
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Jeesa Joy.C1 and Prof. Dr. K.V.Ramachandran2 1. Research Scholar, Department of Economics, Dr. John Matthai center, University of Calicut, Thrissur680618. 2. Rtd. Professor , Department of Economics, Dr. John Matthai center, University of Calicut, Thrissur680618.
MLA 8 C, Jeesa Joy., and Prof. Dr. K.V Ramachandran. "An Analysis of Healthcare Measures in India." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 10, no. 2, Feb. 2025, pp. 563-577, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2025.v10i02.009. Accessed Feb. 2025. APA 6 C, J., & Ramachandran, P. (2025, February). An Analysis of Healthcare Measures in India. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 10(2), 563-577. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2025.v10i02.009 Chicago C, Jeesa Joy., and Prof. Dr. K.V Ramachandran. "An Analysis of Healthcare Measures in India." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 10, no. 2 (February 2025), 563-577. Accessed February, 2025. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2025.v10i02.009.
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ABSTRACT: At present each country gives much importance to the process of human development. The human development is determined by both socio-economic status as well as the health status of an individual in the society. By giving the health status as an indicator of development, which is identified albeit, morbidity and mortality rate. High morbidity and mortality mean low health which arises due to inefficient implementation of health schemes. Also, huge morbidity and mortality rates negatively affect human development and impede the economic development of a country. The inter-state disparities in human development had widened in the decade of the 1990s (Singh and Nauriyac, 2006) In India, the major health-related problems are high malnutrition, poverty, illiteracy and poor sanitation (Sandya,2005). So proper health schemes and programs are sines- qua -non for assuring better health standard of people(human development). The present study intended to analyze the trend and pattern of morbidity and mortality and examine health care measures and policies in India. The study exclusively relies on NFHS (National Family Health Survey) estimates from the period between 1996- 2016 period, Census Reports of India, RGI ( Registrar General of India) Reports, SRS(Sample Registration System). The paper finds that the average Indian remains underserved by the present healthcare system. Because, even though many programs and policies have been started by the government of India, the morbidity and mortality rate are very high.

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