Health_Care

Condition of Medical Health Care in India History of Health Care The health care in India controlled by the National Health Policy which was formulated in 1983 by the Government of India and the main motive of this policy has to raise the level of nutrition and the improvement of public health. Central Government focuses on this policy by major health care schemes in five years plan. Ministry of health and family welfare manages both administrative and technical services for the health sector. The sixth Five Years (FY) plan committed to provide health care services to all by 2000 and the expenditure in this period varies from states to states. The per capita expenditure on health care in India is very law comparing to other countries like china. The total expenditure in the health care in the seventh FY plan was 33.9 billion which approximately the double of the sixth FY plan. The expenditure in health care grew proportionally to GDP but the percentage of the total outlay has decreased, from 3.3 % in the first FY plan to 1.9 % in the seventh FY plan. But in the Eight FY plan this percentage had increased to 4.3% of the total plan expenditure. The total projected budget for the health & family welfare in Eleventh FY plan was 1.2 lakh crores which is approximately four times of the tenth FYplan. The expenditure as percentage of the total government expenditure on health sector in tenth FY plan has decreased from 3.2% to 2.9% which itself is significant decline. *Objectives of the Government in Eleventh Five Years P*lan Reducing Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) to 1 per1000 live births. Reducing Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) to 28 per 1000 live births. Reducing Total Fertility Rate (TFR) to 2.1. Providing clean drinking water for all by 2009 and ensuring no slip-backs. Reducing malnutrition among children of age group 0–3 to half its present level. Reducing anaemia among women and girls by50%. Raising the sex ratio for age group 0–6 to 935 by 2011–12 and 950 by 2016–17. Comparison of Health Care between* China and I*ndia If we compare the life expectancy between the two countries then we will find a significant difference. According to 2004 data the avg. life expectancy in china was 72 and it was 63 in India .In 2000 maternal death rate Per 1,00,000 women in china was 56 on the other hand it was 540 in India. In 2004 out of 1000 new born children 27 died before their first birthday in china and 58 died in India. These data shows the level of health care India have. The private sector is covering 40% of the total infrastructure and out of the total no of beds two third are public sector. Indian health care infrastructure is not matching to the economy growth pace and it is not able to meet the present demand also. Public sector is providing only basic care after a huge investment because of the poor management and inefficiency. Suggestion {draw:frame} Nikhil Singhal Reference- http://www.dare.co.in/opportunities/other-business-opportunities/india-population-issues-and-opportunities-they-hide.htm http://www.pwc.com/en_GX/gx/healthcare/pdf/emerging-market-report-hc-in-india.pdf http://planningcommission.nic.in/plans/planrel/fiveyr/11th/11_v3/11th_vol3.pdf http://www.tradingeconomics.com/Economics/GDP-Growth.aspx'Symbol=INR