The Lancet
Feb 26, 2011  Volume 377  Number 9767  Pages 691 – 782
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/current

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Towards achievement of universal health care in India by 2020: a call to action
K Srinath Reddy, Vikram Patel, Prabhat Jha, Vinod K Paul, AK Shiva Kumar, Lalit Dandona, for The Lancet

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To sustain the positive economic trajectory that India has had during the past decade, and to honour the fundamental right of all citizens to adequate health care, the health of all Indian people has to be given the highest priority in public policy. We propose the creation of the Integrated National Health System in India through provision of universal health insurance, establishment of autonomous organisations to enable accountable and evidence-based good-quality health-care practices and development of appropriately trained human resources, the restructuring of health governance to make it coordinated and decentralised, and legislation of health entitlement for all Indian people.