Open AccessRama V. Baru. Private Health Care in India: Social Characteristics and Trends. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1998. Hardback. Indian Rs 295.00. 184 pages.
Author(s) -
Samizli
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
pakistan development review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 0030-9729
DOI - 10.30541/v37i3pp.299-300
Subject(s) - baru , gross domestic product , health care , new delhi , economic growth , developing country , product (mathematics) , socioeconomics , geography , business , development economics , economics , archaeology , metropolitan area , islam , geometry , mathematics
The provision of health care has been recognised as afundamental human right. Consequently, developed countries incur heavyexpenditures in the provision of health care facilities to theircitizens. For example, Canada’s public expenditure on health as apercentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is 6.9 percent, Norway’s is6.6 percent, the USA’s is 6.5 percent, and Japan’s is 5.6 percent. Onthe other end of the scale are the developing countries such as Niger,which spends 1.6 percent of its GDP on health, Mozambique 1 percent,Haiti 1.3 percent, and Senegal 1.2 percent. In South Asia, Pakistanspends 0.8 percent and India 0.7 percent of their GDP, respectively, onhealth provision.