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India's experience—national, community, public or private health?
Author(s) -
Donald Brian L.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
public administration and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1099-162X
pISSN - 0271-2075
DOI - 10.1002/pad.4230020303
Subject(s) - ninth , economic growth , parallels , developing country , health care , fifteenth , welfare , democracy , public health , social welfare , political science , public administration , sociology , economics , medicine , politics , nursing , law , operations management , physics , acoustics
India, as the largest democracy, second most populous country, ninth largest industrial power and fifteenth poorest nation, has in respect of health care to be considered as a special case among developing countries. Nevertheless, the identification in India, as an alternative to national welfare provision, of opportunities for returning social and economic responsibilities for health care to local communities is important for both developing and developed countries. This article outlines and comments upon recent developments in providing primary health care in rural communities in India. It concludes by examining possible parallels between self‐sustaining community health schemes and the search in developed countries for community and personal involvement so as to overcome emergent limitations of professionalized and welfare systems of care.