Future of healthcare in India: lessons from Scandinavia

• Main Author: Gulrez Shah Azhar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Makhdoomi Printers 2012-06-01
• Series: Global Journal of Medicine and Public Health
• Subjects: Health systems; Health policy; Primary Health Care; Health system reform; Universal healthcare; India; Scandinavia; Denmark
• Online Access: http://www.gjmedph.org/uploads/R2-Vo1No3.pdf

Introduction: - this study aims to explore the possibilities in improvement of the existing healthcare system of India by learning from a Scandinavian country - Denmark. Methods: - we used the WHO’s framework for assessing performance of health systems. Results: - We discussed under the heads of financing, provision, resource generation (human, physical and knowledge) and stewardship. We compared and contrasted Indian and Danish circumstances and found similarities and differences.Conclusions: - we opine that since Danish health care system is acknowledged to provide good “value for money”, the opportunity of learning from it is great. Naturally, suitable changes need to be made for Indian context and given the size of India these policy changes will have massive ramifications.