Issues on Health and Healthcare in India: Focus on the North Eastern Region [Hardcover]

This book addresses health and healthcare issues in India with a special focus on the Northeast region. Pursuing a multidisciplinary approach, it highlights key issues in health and healthcare and outlines the actions needed to achieve the desired results in these areas as laid out in the UN Millennium Development Goals. In addition to introducing some new questions on health and healthcare development, it presents cross-country analyses, and examines the convergence of healthcare across Indian states, as well as mortality and morbidity in the Northeast.?

The book also explores the regional complexities involved in the discussion of these topics. It presents a number of specific techniques, such as two-level logistic regression, analysis of mental health, probabilistic and predictive analysis of nutritional deficit, and generalized linear mixed models, that can be used to analyze mortality and morbidity and factors affecting out-of-pocket expenses in the healthcare context. Lastly, it presents concrete case studies substantiating the theoretical models discussed. As such, the book offers a valuable resource for health researchers, professionals and policymakers alike.

Two-Level Logistic Regression Analysis of Factors Influencing Anemia among Non-Pregnant Women of Reproductive Age in Bangladesh.- Prevalence and Associated Determinants of Low Birth Weight in Developing Countries: A Multi-Country Analysis from Nationwide Population-Based Survey.- Incidence of Teenage Pregnancy and Challenges on Child Health: A Cross-section Study in India.- Determinants of Psychological Wellbeing and its Impact on Mental Health.- Maternal Anemia: A Village Level Empirical Observation in Assam.- Measuring the Status and Identifying the Factors Influencing Child Immunization in Darjeeling District of West Bengal.- Gender Inequality and Child Nutritional Status.- Health in North-Eastern States of India: An Analysis of Economic Vulnel‡