Health Inequity in India

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Pushkar Lake, Ajmer, Rajasthan

Abstract: Wide regional inequalities exist in the health status of the country. A study of measures like infant mortality rate, maternal mortality rate, safe delivery and immunisation shows that economic development along with a higher governmental expenditure on health can lead to improvement in the health status.

The author is Senior Economist, Indicus Analytics.minakshi.chakraborty@indicus.net


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