Decentralization and Public Delivery of Health Care Services in India

Nirvikar Singh

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Abstract: This paper examines delivery of public health care services in India, in the broader context of decentralization. It provides an overview of the basic features and recent developments in intergovernmental fiscal relations and accountability mechanisms, and examines the implications of these institutions for the quality of public service delivery. It then addresses recent policy proposals on the public provision of health care, in the context of decentralization. Finally, it makes suggestions for reform priorities to improve public health care delivery.

Keywords: federalism; decentralization; intergovernmental relations; accountability; service delivery; health care (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H1 H7 P26 P35 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-03-20
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