{"id":876,"date":"2024-01-20T02:38:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-20T02:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/?p=876"},"modified":"2024-01-24T09:13:31","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T09:13:31","slug":"why-is-universal-health-coverage-needed-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smilefoundationindia.org\/blog\/why-is-universal-health-coverage-needed-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Needed in India?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Healthcare is one of the aspects in India that is still underdeveloped even after 75+ years of freedom. Despite the fact that more than 65 percent of Indians live in rural regions, very few medical professionals are located there. Additionally, the execution of the Government-Financed Health Insurance Schemes (GFHIS) face recurring challenges. How does the concept of Universal Health<\/a> Coverage fit into this context?<\/p>

What is Universal Health Coverage?<\/strong><\/h2>

Everyone will have access to medical care they require without facing monetary difficulties thanks to universal health coverage. A UN resolution was formulated in 2012 encouraging countries to work toward granting everyone access to inexpensive, high-quality healthcare services.<\/p>

With the goal of providing all people with Universal Health Coverage (UHC), India has set an ambitious goal. The nation\u2019s leaders believe that everyone deserves access to reasonably priced healthcare.<\/p>

The Planning Commission of India established a high-level expert group on UHC in October 2010 with the goal of creating a framework for offering all Indians conveniently accessible and cheap healthcare.<\/p>

There is a major rural-urban imbalance, with accessibility in rural regions being much lower than in cosmopolitan ones. Urban public and private hospitals have adopted technology at a rapid rate, yet these systems are dissimilar and employ various technological systems.<\/p>

Due to a lack of interoperability, patients\u2019 health data get stuck in silos and cannot be shared with other platforms and organisations.<\/p>

Benefits\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>

The urgent requirement is to introduce a secure, digital system to keep electronic health records (EHRs) in accordance with pre-established standards in order to guarantee high-quality data.<\/p>

The availability of patients\u2019 medical information when and when it is required would be guaranteed by this digitised, standardised platform. In the end, this would combine all of a patient\u2019s health-related data to promote better medical choices and better-coordinated treatment.<\/p>

In addition to ensuring service equality, universal health care prevents medical professionals from specifically targeting and serving wealthy patients. The result is a healthier workforce and greater life expectancy since everyone receives the same quality of treatment.<\/p>

A person may live longer and in better health and there may be less social disparity if they are provided with universal health care from birth.<\/p>

Challenges<\/strong><\/h2>

In order to address the issue of health and wellbeing, the government has taken a multifaceted approach, focusing on primary, secondary, and tertiary healthcare as well as preventive and health promotion. It is encouraging to observe a change that has aided in the well-rounded formulation of policies pertaining to health. Planning and implementing a new policy is not without its problems.<\/p>

For execution, policies and infrastructural facilities must work together. Making sure that the Indian countryside does not suffer from a shortage of physicians is the actual difficulty. Not only are doctors in low supply, but also beds, medical supplies, and nurses. In India, the doctor-population ratio is 1: 834 and we can do arrive at a better number in the coming years. It would be a good idea to encourage medical professionals to practise in rural regions, and using technology to support preventative measures can support ongoing reformative initiatives.<\/p>

Smile Foundation\u2019s Initiatives<\/strong><\/h2>

Smile Foundation is working on a dual strategy in the present to actively promote and provide free healthcare services: first, delivering high-quality healthcare services to the doorsteps of the underserved in rural communities and urbans slums of India; and second, increasing health-related awareness seeking behaviour among them. Consider making a small, thoughtful donation here<\/strong><\/a> to make quality healthcare possible for those with very limited finances marked towards healthcare.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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