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Foundations for health policy

A key input is networks of health care providers that offer comprehensive care to individuals

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Ajay Shah New Delhi
We in India are getting poor health care as measured by quality and price. While solving this is important, the best scenario of all is one where there is less sickness. This requires an emphasis on the traditional agenda of public health: A set of old-fashioned preventive interventions. And, it requires re-architecting health care. The ideal health care system is one in which an entire system of medical practitioners engages with people, trying to make sure they do not show up at a health care facility.

Health care in India works badly. There are transactional relationships where a customer shows up
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