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dc.contributor.authorMishra, P. K.
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-04T10:41:05Z
dc.date.available2018-01-04T10:41:05Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationMishra, P. K. (2017): Urbanization and Healthcare Services in Punjab: Role of Private Sector, Asian Journal of Advanced Studies, 3(3), 5-12en_US
dc.identifier.issn2395-4965
dc.identifier.urihttp://kr.cup.edu.in/handle/32116/477
dc.description.abstractIn recent years, the world is becoming increasingly urban with about fifty five percent of its population living in urban areas. This urbanization is a sign of good job opportunities, better education and health facilities, better housing and sanitation, and improved standards of living. However, urbanization brings with it socio-economic and environmental problems which ultimately lead to health hazards. And, the demand for healthcare services rise. But thehttp://14.139.13.144/handle/32116/468 issue is that the public sector healthcare system becomes inadequate to meet the growing healthcare needs in urban areas mainly due to low level of government outlays for the health sector. As a consequence, the private healthcare sector emerges. The extant literature reveals a correlation between urbanization and the growth of the formal private healthcare sector. However, the role played by the private healthcare sector in urban areas is limited to certain sections of the society mainly because of higher medical costs. In this context, this paper examines the role of private sector in the face of growing urbanization in the Punjab state of India. It is concluded that the private sector fails to address the issues of equity in healthcare services. Therefore, public-private partnership is suggested as the alternative option for attaining equity in health.en_US
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dc.publisherAsian Journals of Advance Studiesen_US
dc.subjectUrbanizationen_US
dc.subjectHealthcareen_US
dc.subjectPrivate Sectoren_US
dc.subjectPunjaben_US
dc.titleUrbanization and Healthcare Services in Punjab: Role of Private Sectoren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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