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Governance ‘tool kits’ for universal health coverage in India: guidelines for implementing the Expert Group’s recommendations

Authors: VR Raman, Kabir Sheikh, Prasanna Saligram, Namrata Verma, Nikhil Sharma

Published in: BMC Proceedings | Special Issue 5/2012

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Serious efforts are taking place worldwide to attain universal health coverage (UHC). In India, although an unattained goal for long, recent recommendations of the High Level Expert Group (HLEG) instituted by the Planning Commission have brought the UHC agenda to its zenith [1]. However, actualisation of HLEG recommendations requires an in-depth understanding of the structural and operational reforms to the health system implied in each recommendation, and the outlining of a detailed implementation framework. Given the widespread limitations of health planning capacities, it was felt important to provide states with ‘toolkits’ to realise the UHC recommendations. …

High Level Expert Group Report on Universal Health Coverage for India. Submitted to the Planning Commission of India. 2011. (Accessed on August 10, 2012), [http://www.phfi.org/images/what_we_do/HLEG_Report_complete_file_final.pdf]

Title: Governance ‘tool kits’ for universal health coverage in India: guidelines for implementing the Expert Group’s recommendations
Authors: VR Raman
Kabir Sheikh
Prasanna Saligram
Namrata Verma
Nikhil Sharma
Publication date: 01-09-2012
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: BMC Proceedings / Issue Special Issue 5/2012
Electronic ISSN: 1753-6561
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1753-6561-6-S5-O8

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