Health Expenditures for Poor by Urban Local Bodies: A Budget Analysis

Good governance has in recent times appeared as the new intonation to address the failures of public systems, especially in the arena of public health. Health is a state subject and the primary responsibility of providing health care is with state governments. Majority of states' expenditure accounts of ail public expenditure on the health sector. This book examined the allocations of health budget for the light of commitments made in municipal governance of budget. The analysis was carried out to assess the budget allocation and expenditure pattern for health including private and public health. The findings revealed that the budget allocation for health care was less. This book focused on trends by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) an urban local body spending on Health Sector. The study suggested that the prime importance of health care both at micro and macro levels needs to be attentive at budget allocation and at management strategic decisions to regulate the health care policy to achieve by this sectors as one of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which is most vital for growing urban population through both public and private partnership interventions.

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D-r K. Prabhakar - docent Nacional'nogo instituta sel'skogo razwitiq i panchaqti-radzha (NIRDPR), Hajdarabad, Indiq. Poluchil stepen' doktora filosofii po äkonomike. Issledowatel'skie interesy lezhat w oblasti ispol'zowaniq razlichnyh instrumentow social'noj otwetstwennosti, äkonomiki zdrawoohraneniq, planirowaniq, monitoringa, ocenki, uprawleniq i ocenki predostawleniq uslug, analiza büdzheta i politiki.