Alternate Systems of Medicine in India--How Pervasive and Why?
The Government of India has decided to revive alternate systems of medicine (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy -- AYUSH) on a mission mode. However, this endeavour is barely supported by any nationally representative assessment of the demand for these alternate systems of...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Health Management Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 178 - 190 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Jun2018
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=129580331&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 129580331 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09720634 54B jtl: Journal of Health Management issn: 09720634 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2018 vid: 20 iid: 2 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. place: Thousand Oaks, California artinfo: ui: 129580331 129580331 129580331 10.1177/0972063418763653 129580331 ppf: 178 ppct: 12 formats: tig: atl: Alternate Systems of Medicine in India--How Pervasive and Why? aug: au: Chowdhury, Samik Kundu, Protiva affil: Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, University Enclave, University of Delhi (North Campus), Delhi, India. sug: subj: Alternative Therapies India Health Resource Utilization India Human Health Care Delivery India India Health Care Costs India Medicine, Ayurvedic Yoga Homeopathy Clinical Effectiveness ab: The Government of India has decided to revive alternate systems of medicine (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy -- AYUSH) on a mission mode. However, this endeavour is barely supported by any nationally representative assessment of the demand for these alternate systems of medicine. This assumes additional significance in light of persistently low levels of public spending on the conventional health system. This article does an exploratory analysis of the 68th round (2011-2012) of the National Sample Survey data to generate evidence on the demand for AYUSH services and patterns in utilization, if any. It finds that although AYUSH had a fairly consistent presence in policy pronouncements, its utilization is low, with substantial variations across states in terms of usage, availability and perceived efficacy of AYUSH. Inadequate awareness about the system and inef- ficacy of treatment emerge as the two biggest reasons for not using these services. There exist rural- urban and class differences in utilization, medium of delivery and determinants of AYUSH use in India. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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