Kerala’s progress towards universal health coverage: the road travelled and beyond
Overall increase in the share of public facilities for both outpatient care and hospitalization is indicative of the enhanced trust among the people at large of the public healthcare delivery system in Kerala, post the launch of UHC reforms in the State. The insurance linked UHC reforms would be insufficient for the State to progress further towards UHC. Kerala with a long and successful history in 'public provisioning' should focus more on strengthening PHC through Aardram Mission in its journey towards pursuit of UHC.
Authors
- Alok Ranjan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9333-6520)
- T. Sundararaman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5689-4299)
- GS Adithyan
- V. R. Muraleedharan
Institutions
- Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur (IN)
- Madras Institute of Development Studies (IN)
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IN)
- World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia (IN)
- National Health Systems Resource Centre (IN)
- Public Health Foundation of India (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal for Equity in Health
- Published
- 2024-08-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-024-02231-2
- Citations
- 8
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.31