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In
spite of large positive externalities associated with
health spending, in India it is until now largely privately
financed. The relatively low spending by the government,
a trend aggravated during the liberalisation era, implies
that health infrastructure and services will be underprovided
and will simultaneously deny access to the poor. This
study seeks to examine the actual pattern of government
spending on health and related areas (particularly,
family welfare and child development) by both central
and state governments. |
