Critical Appraisal of the National Health Protection Scheme and Way Forward: A Novel Approach about Healthcare in India | Chapter 5 | Contemporary Research in Business, Management and Economics Vol. 5

This study aims to bring out the in-depth finer points of the debate related to public versus private provision of the healthcare in a developing country set up. The paper also aims to provide suggestions for incorporating them in the new health insurance scheme of India, the Ayushman Bharat Health Insurance Scheme. In most emerging economies, the key healthcare issues are its access and delivery. Further, there is double burden of care arising out of communicable and growing chronic diseases. The prevailing healthcare systems in these economies are one of complete dominance of the private healthcare providers. These provisions, however, have been found to be inequitable and inefficient. The majority of government health insurance programmes in India, despite their grandeur, have had little effect. It has been shown that the results are significantly better in areas with sufficient public healthcare resources. This conundrum has been attempted to be addressed in the policy wordings of Ayushman Bharat Health Insurance's new healthcare system in India. In order to make the public health insurance schemes effective, the healthcare industry needs total restructuring based on re-strengthening of the public healthcare system.
 
The focus of health schemes should revolve around the provisions of cheap and quality public health infrastructure in rural areas and more pro-vision for outpatient and primary care than the secondary and tertiary care.

Author(s) Details:

Anil Kumar,
Department of Economics, BITS, Pilani – K. K. Birla Goa Campus, Zuarinagar 403 726, Goa, India.

Aswini Kumar Mishra,
Department of Economics, BITS, Pilani – K. K. Birla Goa Campus, Zuarinagar 403 726, Goa, India.

Debasis Patnaik,
Department of Economics, BITS, Pilani – K. K. Birla Goa Campus, Zuarinagar 403 726, Goa, India.

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Promotion of Lifestyle Modification in the Management of Hypertension Using Social Cognitive Theory: Perspectives for Pharmacists | Chapter 03 | Emerging Trends in Disease and Health Research Vol. 7

 Hypertension is a global public health issue, and health professionals' advocacy of lifestyle modification (PLM) is an important part of hypertension care. Although community pharmacists play an important role in community healthcare, their opinions on PLM among individuals with hypertension have not been investigated in Nigeria. Using in-depth interviews and social cognition theory as the guiding framework, a phenomenological study was done to chronicle the viewpoints of community pharmacists on PLM. The goal was to learn about community pharmacists' attitudes on their duties and actual practise of PLM in individuals with hypertension. Twelve community pharmacists were interviewed about their knowledge, experiences, and impediments to practising PLM. Three categories (perception of roles, perception of practise, and pharmacy school curriculum) and an overarching theme emerged from a thematic analysis of transcribed data to capture community pharmacists' opinions on PLM in hypertension. The overriding topic was that cognitive factors, pharmacy school training, agency (self-efficacy and patient factors), and social structure all influence community pharmacists' roles and practise of PLM among hypertension patients (stakeholders and environmental factors). These findings may aid in the development of appropriate treatments that will allow community pharmacists to make a more meaningful contribution to the management of hypertension in adults through PLM.

Author(S) Details

Olanike Kehinde
Alumnus, Faculty of Public Health, School of Health Sciences, Walden University, United States.

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