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Health status, trends, and issues in Sri Lanka
Author(s) -
Jayasekara Rasika S.,
Schultz Tim
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
nursing and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1442-2018
pISSN - 1441-0745
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2007.00328.x
Subject(s) - sri lanka , health care , epidemiological transition , epidemiology , economic growth , medicine , environmental health , business , public health , socioeconomics , nursing , sociology , economics , tanzania
It is widely recognized that better health is a prerequisite for the overall economic and social development of a nation. Sri Lanka, like many other countries experiencing the epidemiological transition, will have to make effective decisions on health‐care service management and the development of education and training programs for health‐care professionals. This paper provides a comprehensive review of current health service administration, health status, trends and issues, and health financing and resource allocation in Sri Lanka. The review revealed that Sri Lanka has achieved a relatively high health status given a low level of spending on its health‐care services; however, Sri Lanka still experiences vital health problems in all stages of the life cycle, mainly related to lifestyle and the epidemiological transition associated with widespread societal and economic crises.