West Bengal : Health Policy Note

This Policy Note sets out the options for future development of the health system together with the Department of Health and Family Welfare, based on an analysis of existing data on health outcomes, health financing utilization of current health in...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Policy Note
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/06/5553304/west-bengal-health-policy-note
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14382
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spelling okr-10986-143822021-04-23T14:03:18Z West Bengal : Health Policy Note World Bank HEALTH POLICY HEALTH FINANCE PUBLIC HEALTH CARE SERVICE DELIVERY HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS HEALTH REFORM MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL HEALTH CARE CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES COMMUNICABLE DISEASES NUTRITION DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS This Policy Note sets out the options for future development of the health system together with the Department of Health and Family Welfare, based on an analysis of existing data on health outcomes, health financing utilization of current health infrastructure in the public and private sector, a description and assessment of the Government of West Bengal's current policy and developments, and of donors' recent investments and plans for the future. The purpose of this Note would be to set the basis for identifying key strategic directions for reform of the health sector. The report is structured as follows: After the executive summary, section 1 discusses the current health status. Section 2 examines health care financing. Section 3 describes health delivery systems. Section 4 measures health system performance. Section 5 reviews recent health reforms. Section 6 elaborates what needs to be strengthened and what needs to be done differently. 2013-07-08T15:39:51Z 2013-07-08T15:39:51Z 2004-06-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/06/5553304/west-bengal-health-policy-note http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14382 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Economic & Sector Work South Asia India
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topic HEALTH POLICY
HEALTH FINANCE
PUBLIC HEALTH CARE
SERVICE DELIVERY
HEALTH SYSTEMS
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
HEALTH REFORM
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MATERNAL HEALTH CARE
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILD MORTALITY RATES
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
NUTRITION
DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS
spellingShingle HEALTH POLICY
HEALTH FINANCE
PUBLIC HEALTH CARE
SERVICE DELIVERY
HEALTH SYSTEMS
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
HEALTH REFORM
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MATERNAL HEALTH CARE
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILD MORTALITY RATES
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
NUTRITION
DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS
World Bank
West Bengal : Health Policy Note
geographic_facet South Asia
India
description This Policy Note sets out the options for future development of the health system together with the Department of Health and Family Welfare, based on an analysis of existing data on health outcomes, health financing utilization of current health infrastructure in the public and private sector, a description and assessment of the Government of West Bengal's current policy and developments, and of donors' recent investments and plans for the future. The purpose of this Note would be to set the basis for identifying key strategic directions for reform of the health sector. The report is structured as follows: After the executive summary, section 1 discusses the current health status. Section 2 examines health care financing. Section 3 describes health delivery systems. Section 4 measures health system performance. Section 5 reviews recent health reforms. Section 6 elaborates what needs to be strengthened and what needs to be done differently.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title West Bengal : Health Policy Note
title_short West Bengal : Health Policy Note
title_full West Bengal : Health Policy Note
title_fullStr West Bengal : Health Policy Note
title_full_unstemmed West Bengal : Health Policy Note
title_sort west bengal : health policy note
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/06/5553304/west-bengal-health-policy-note
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14382
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