Urban Health Issues of People Living in Slums of Surat, India - Access and Utilisation of Health Services

The book is about urban health issues of people living in low income settlements in Surat (India), one of the fastest growing Asian cities. It explains the barriers to access as well as utilisation issues in health and suggest ways to cope with the burden of health care expenditure through interventions like Micro Health Insurance. The book also has a gender dimension with a special emphasis on reproductive and child health issues.

About the author

Akash has an interdisciplinary academic background in Economics and Management and is on the faculty of Centre for Social Studies (CSS), Surat which is a research institute supported by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR). Akash mainly works in the field of health and population policy.

Product details

• Authors: Akash Acharya
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.08.2012
• EAN: 9783659205484
• ISBN: 978-3-659-20548-4
• No. of pages: 96
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Politics and business