Organisational Structure of Health Care System and Hospital Administration

Contents: Preface. 1. International Health Care Administration: role of the World Health Organisation (WHO). 2. Health Administration at the Union level: organisation and working of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. 3. Population policy and family planning. 4. Reproductive and Child Health Programme. 5. Department of AYUSH, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. 6. Ministry of Health and Family Planning at state level. 7. District health care administration. 8. Role of Ministry of Women and Child Development: Government of India in health promotion of women and children. 9. National Commission for women at union and state level. 10. Role of central social welfare board. 11. Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS). Appendices: i. National Health Policy, 1983. ii. National Population Policy, 2000. iii. National Health Policy, 2002. Bibliography. Index.

"Promotion of health is basic to national progress. Nothing could be of greater significance than the health of the people in terms of resources for socio-economic development. In spite of this realisation, the people living in the developing world and especially 70 per cent of them who live in rural areas have little or no access to modern medicine and health care. Inevitably this results in morbidity and high rate of mortality from preventable diseases. This state of hopelessness and frustration among the people is not because of the lack of professional knowledge or competence but due to poor administration of health services at all levels.

This book deals with levels of health care administration supported by a chapter on World Health Organisation as this International Specialized Agency has played a pioneering role in the genesis, development, growth and diversification of health care." (jacket)