Child, maternal malnutrition still most challenging risk for health loss in country
By Shobhna Jain | Posted on 30th Jan 2018 |
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New Delhi, Jan 30,(VNI) Child and maternal malnutrition remains to be the most challenging risk factor for health loss in India.Besides this air pollution, dietary risks, high blood pressure and diabetes as other key health risk factors facing the country,according to Economic Survey released yesterday.
Limited affordability and access to quality medical services are still among the major challenges contributing to delayed or inappropriate responses to disease control and patient management, said the Economic Survey for 2017-18, tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley yesterday.
Although inspite of these worrysome factors,there is bright line also. The Survey noted that there has been significant improvement in the health status of the individual as life expectancy at birth has increased by approximately 10 years from 1990 to 2015. The share of out of pocket expenditure on health stands at a staggering 62 per cent and adversely impacts the poorer sections and widens inequalities, it said.
While the expenditure by the government healthcare providers accounted for about 23 per cent of the Current Health Expenditure (CHE) as per National Health Accounts 2014 -15, the share of private hospitals and clinics stood at 31 per cent. Survey also said that there is a wide difference in average prices of diagnostic tests across various cities in India, and the range in the prices is substantial, "There is a need to prioritise standardisation of rates by devising appropriate quality assurance framework and regulatory mechanism," it added.
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