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Running head: MODULE 3 COURSE PROJECT
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MODULE 3 COURSE PROJECT
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Module 3 Course Project
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Academic Institution
April 27, 2019
Module 3 Course Project
Title: India's Health Delivery System
Thesis: India’s constitution upholds the issue of the ‘right to
life’. As such, it necessitates the government to make sure that
every citizen. However, this fundamental right remains
unattainable to the poor pollution in the country
I. The health sector of India is defined by its federal
organization as well as the allotment of the federal and state
roles and financing responsibilities. India’s constitution upholds
the issue of the ‘right to life’. As such, it necessitates the
government to make sure that every citizen enjoys their right to
life. However, this fundamental right remains unattainable to
the poor pollution in the country
A. India’s constitution upholds the issue of the ‘right to life’.
As such, it necessitates the government to make sure that every
citizen.
B. The central government of India takes up the role of
international health agreements, medical education, deterring
food adulteration, national disease control, overseeing drug
manufacturing quality control, and family planning programs. In

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addition, it plans national health policy. It also sets the
regulatory structure and supports its states.
II. The 2015 National Health Policy
A. It recommends making health a basic right to every Indian
citizen
B. It considers the role of the government as crucial to the
success of this policy
1) It clarifies, fortifies, and prioritizes the government’s role in
determining the health system
III. Government and health financing
A. The government of India spent a total of 4.02% of its GDP
on health expenditures in 2013-2014 (Ghupta and Bhatia, n.d.).
B. The total government outlay totaled to 1.5% of its GDP, a
rate below the typical expenditure of low-income countries
(Ghupta and Bhatia, n.d.).
IV. Publicly sponsored health insurance
A. The tax-financed public system facilitates all citizens to
access government health services. However, congestion forces
them to seek private care, causing them to dig deeper into their
pockets
B. The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) of 2008
headed by the Ministry of Labor and Employment provides
health insurance cover to families living below the poverty line.
1) Between 2015 and 2016, 41.3 million families signed up,
with the government realizing 57 percent of the mark (Ghupta
and Bhatia, n.d.).
2) To increase coverage, the scheme has included 11 additional
groups of unstructured employees
C. The Employees State Insurance Scheme is a health coverage
system for factory workers
1) It is the only real social health insurance scheme that allows
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D. The Central Government Health Scheme is for government
employees
1) Other groups of civil workers have their own schemes
2) Even so, only below 20 percent of Indians enjoy
governmental health cover and only 8 percent of government
spending goes to health
V. Private health insurance
A. Most of these are expensive and made at the point of service
and may include the cost- sharing policy
1) Private insurance covers for both outpatient and inpatient
services
2) Tax incentives such as exemptions on insurance premiums
still do not increase affordability
VI. Delivery system organization
A. It includes a complex structure of public and private health
providers
1) Primary, secondary and tertiary facilities make up the
government health structure. Primary health units are the basic
points of contact. It takes care of maternal and child welfare,
community health, and disease control.
2) Staff shortage and the lack of equipment are a challenge in
the primary health structure, with at least one health care
worker is assigned to a sub-center, serving up to 30,000 people
(Chokshi et al., 2016).
B. The private sector is not well regulated but offers quality
services compared to public health services.
1) They are better equipped with enough health care workers
VII. The high costs leave 63percent of India’s poor languishing
from high health costs
References
Chokshi, M., Patil, B., Khanna, R., Neogi, S. B., Sharma, J.,

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Paul, V. K., & Zodpey, S. (2016). Health systems in
India. Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California
Perinatal Association, 36(s3), S9–S12.
doi:10.1038/jp.2016.184Gupta, I., & Bhatia, M. (n.d.). The
Indian Health Care System. The Commonwealth Fund.
Retrieved from
https://international.commonwealthfund.org/countries/india/